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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 62,248 | 62,814 | 63,294 | 63,655 | 63,499 |
Males | no. | 31,176 | 31,440 | 31,739 | 31,905 | 31,877 |
Females | no. | 31,072 | 31,374 | 31,555 | 31,750 | 31,622 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.8 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 24.0 | 23.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 22.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 19,890 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 16,178 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,193 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,761 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 56.2 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 42.7 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,038 | 994 | 946 | 958 | 893 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.6 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 14.0 |
Deaths | no. | 240 | 256 | 257 | 316 | 306 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
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