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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Persons | no. | 486,048 | 492,549 | 496,990 | 501,335 | 504,656 |
| Males | no. | 240,207 | 243,394 | 245,792 | 247,922 | 249,599 |
| Females | no. | 245,841 | 249,155 | 251,198 | 253,413 | 255,057 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.6 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 19.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 125.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 176,247 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 128,041 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 46,184 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 15,353 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 80.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 20.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 6,042 | 5,746 | 5,868 | 5,833 | 5,659 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 4,013 | 3,999 | 4,035 | 4,063 | 4,173 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
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