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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 36,931 | 37,431 | 38,028 | 39,028 | 39,796 |
Males | no. | 18,664 | 18,928 | 19,222 | 19,754 | 20,139 |
Females | no. | 18,267 | 18,503 | 18,806 | 19,274 | 19,657 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 12.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | 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 | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,165 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 10,290 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,137 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 787 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 98.9 | 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 |
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Births | no. | 457 | 417 | 425 | 465 | 454 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
Deaths | no. | 249 | 229 | 241 | 235 | 252 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
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