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

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
2,576
2,878
3,310
4,237
4,511
Malesno.
1,328
1,478
1,699
2,178
2,329
Femalesno.
1,248
1,400
1,611
2,059
2,182
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
7.3
7.9
7.7
7.5
8.2
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
14.9
14.3
13.5
14.6
13.6
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
31.3
30.6
32.4
33.2
31.6
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
16.3
17.1
17.0
17.7
19.0
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
14.4
14.0
12.9
12.4
12.5
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
9.1
9.7
9.6
8.9
9.4
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
4.1
3.9
4.3
3.7
3.6
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.5
1.7
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.4
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
3,543.7
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
0.7
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
23.6
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
8.5
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
65.9
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
74.4
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
1,370
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
686
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
119
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
30
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.
29
31
22
40
51
Crude birth raterate
11.2
10.7
6.6
9.4
11.3
Deathsno.
4
13
9
9
7
Crude death raterate
1.5
4.5
2.7
2.1
1.5