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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Persons | no. | 222,235 | 224,163 | 227,537 | 231,494 | 235,194 |
| Males | no. | 113,323 | 113,968 | 116,217 | 118,229 | 120,238 |
| Females | no. | 108,912 | 110,195 | 111,320 | 113,265 | 114,956 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 75,424 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 54,452 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 20,184 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,535 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 87.3 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 8.8 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 3,322 | 3,321 | 3,178 | 3,281 | 3,243 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 1,236 | 1,352 | 1,338 | 1,327 | 1,436 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
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