National Regional Profile: Taroom (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
2,668
2,664
2,622
2,620
2,554
Malesno.
1,376
1,373
1,347
1,340
1,302
Femalesno.
1,292
1,291
1,275
1,280
1,252
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
23.4
23.2
23.6
23.2
23.2
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
8.9
9.0
7.5
8.0
7.8
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
14.9
14.4
13.8
13.8
13.4
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
17.4
17.3
17.3
17.1
16.9
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
13.3
13.2
13.6
13.7
13.8
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
11.0
11.1
11.5
11.0
11.3
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
6.2
6.5
6.9
7.2
7.7
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
3.7
4.1
4.7
5.0
4.8
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.3
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
0.4
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
2.4
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
0.3
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
25.4
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
64.3
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
951
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
710
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
285
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
37
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
42
48
32
25
Crude birth raterate
13.8
15.7
18.3
12.2
9.7
Deathsno.
15
16
9
30
27
Crude death raterate
5.6
6.0
3.4
11.4
10.5