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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 9,512 | 9,373 | 9,317 | 9,402 | 9,374 |
Males | no. | 4,831 | 4,756 | 4,724 | 4,767 | 4,750 |
Females | no. | 4,681 | 4,617 | 4,593 | 4,635 | 4,624 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,291 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,508 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 952 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 279 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 79.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 20.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 132 | 116 | 144 | 127 | 116 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.8 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
Deaths | no. | 75 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 86 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.1 |
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