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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Persons | no. | 701,996 | 724,184 | 748,604 | 775,537 | 798,943 |
| Males | no. | 347,185 | 357,415 | 370,646 | 384,074 | 396,222 |
| Females | no. | 354,811 | 366,769 | 377,958 | 391,463 | 402,721 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.9 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 19.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 45.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 261,627 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 189,518 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 63,159 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 23,585 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 50.3 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 49.1 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 7,951 | 8,104 | 8,324 | 8,492 | 8,837 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 4,787 | 4,753 | 5,133 | 5,183 | 5,362 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
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