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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 12,085 | 11,891 | 11,684 | 11,534 | 11,175 |
Males | no. | 6,347 | 6,249 | 6,131 | 6,037 | 5,856 |
Females | no. | 5,738 | 5,642 | 5,553 | 5,497 | 5,319 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.9 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 24.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.1 | 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 | 35.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,936 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,938 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,227 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 257 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 69.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 30.6 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 201 | 201 | 166 | 168 | 218 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.6 | 16.9 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 19.5 |
Deaths | no. | 58 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 73 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
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