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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 17,328 | 17,357 | 17,262 | 16,896 | 16,572 |
Males | no. | 8,920 | 8,943 | 8,855 | 8,640 | 8,464 |
Females | no. | 8,408 | 8,414 | 8,407 | 8,256 | 8,108 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,996 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,455 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,775 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 449 | 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 | 90.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 285 | 240 | 220 | 230 | 207 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.4 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 12.4 |
Deaths | no. | 93 | 99 | 108 | 111 | 111 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
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