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

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
1,858
1,828
1,831
1,817
1,866
Malesno.
911
892
881
879
914
Femalesno.
947
936
950
938
952
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
15.7
15.7
15.9
16.6
16.7
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
15.0
15.6
15.6
15.5
16.1
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
19.6
19.7
19.1
19.1
19.4
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
14.6
14.7
14.9
15.1
15.3
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
10.3
10.4
10.4
10.8
10.6
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
10.2
9.3
9.0
7.4
6.9
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
9.5
8.9
8.6
8.9
8.3
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
4.5
5.0
5.8
5.9
6.1
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.8
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
1,183.2
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
2.1
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
22.6
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
14.0
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
59.0
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
69.2
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
742
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
438
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
132
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
63
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
Major cities%
na
100.0
na
na
na
Inner regional%
na
0.0
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
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
30
22
25
26
17
Crude birth raterate
16.1
12.0
13.6
14.3
9.1
Deathsno.
10
16
9
12
10
Crude death raterate
5.3
8.7
4.9
6.6
5.3