National Regional Profile: Yilgarn (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/11/2006 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA59660   
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
1,939
1,825
1,772
1,755
1,688
Malesno.
1,083
1,006
984
981
951
Femalesno.
856
819
788
774
737
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
24.8
26.0
25.5
24.0
23.5
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
8.5
8.3
9.3
9.0
8.7
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
21.5
20.1
20.0
20.1
18.8
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
19.5
19.5
18.6
18.8
19.0
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
12.2
12.0
11.7
12.1
12.6
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
6.7
7.0
7.6
7.5
8.3
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
4.4
4.5
4.2
5.0
5.3
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
1.9
2.0
2.4
2.6
2.8
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.6
0.6
0.8
0.9
1.0
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
0.1
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
2.0
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
12.9
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
2.3
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
36.5
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
61.2
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
584
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
428
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
210
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
22
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
Major cities%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Inner regional%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Outer regional%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Remote%
na
100.0
na
na
na
Very remote%
na
0.0
na
na
na
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
37
39
39
28
25
Crude birth raterate
19.0
21.3
22.0
15.9
14.8
Deathsno.
5
5
8
7
9
Crude death raterate
2.5
2.7
4.5
3.9
5.3