National Regional Profile: City - Remainder (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
1,680
1,827
1,839
2,688
3,269
Malesno.
900
966
965
1,400
1,718
Femalesno.
780
861
874
1,288
1,551
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
4.6
4.3
5.9
6.7
6.9
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
32.1
32.1
30.1
34.1
35.8
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
27.7
27.8
27.3
28.5
29.0
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
11.8
11.7
12.2
10.8
10.5
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
10.5
10.4
9.8
8.7
8.1
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
6.8
7.2
7.5
6.1
5.6
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
3.1
3.4
3.9
3.0
2.7
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
2.6
2.4
2.5
1.3
0.9
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.5
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
2,150.2
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
0.7
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
34.3
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
22.7
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
64.5
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
876
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
274
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
36
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
16
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.
6
14
14
12
20
Crude birth raterate
3.5
7.6
7.6
4.4
6.1
Deathsno.
6
4
3
7
5
Crude death raterate
3.5
2.1
1.6
2.6
1.5