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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 27,351 | 27,106 | 26,989 | 26,833 | 26,608 |
Males | no. | 13,592 | 13,478 | 13,437 | 13,408 | 13,293 |
Females | no. | 13,759 | 13,628 | 13,552 | 13,425 | 13,315 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.4 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,188.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 9,418 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,578 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,030 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 734 | na | na | na |
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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 |
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Births | no. | 333 | 328 | 294 | 317 | 313 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.1 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
Deaths | no. | 83 | 102 | 113 | 100 | 100 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
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