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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 24,706 | 24,912 | 25,294 | 25,362 | 25,416 |
Males | no. | 12,141 | 12,221 | 12,458 | 12,460 | 12,502 |
Females | no. | 12,565 | 12,691 | 12,836 | 12,902 | 12,914 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.6 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,416.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 31.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 10,054 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,028 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,736 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 838 | 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. | 307 | 284 | 316 | 278 | 311 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.4 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
Deaths | no. | 213 | 225 | 201 | 210 | 249 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.6 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 9.7 |
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