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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 119,197 | 119,636 | 119,512 | 119,016 | 118,548 |
Males | no. | 60,342 | 60,506 | 60,440 | 60,145 | 59,850 |
Females | no. | 58,855 | 59,130 | 59,072 | 58,871 | 58,698 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 23.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 40,811 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 29,777 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,415 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,656 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 36.2 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 38.3 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 20.3 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 4.8 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,758 | 1,647 | 1,612 | 1,605 | 1,544 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.7 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.0 |
Deaths | no. | 951 | 928 | 892 | 944 | 897 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
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