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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 314,163 | 317,248 | 318,840 | 319,177 | 317,574 |
Males | no. | 156,025 | 157,562 | 158,405 | 158,660 | 157,968 |
Females | no. | 158,138 | 159,686 | 160,435 | 160,517 | 159,606 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.0 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 22.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 69.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 102,090 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 81,563 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 35,559 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 9,420 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 80.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 18.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 4,922 | 4,674 | 4,669 | 4,617 | 4,526 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
Deaths | no. | 1,538 | 1,545 | 1,543 | 1,611 | 1,704 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
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