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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 29,069 | 29,379 | 29,712 | 30,332 | 30,968 |
Males | no. | 14,191 | 14,337 | 14,554 | 14,872 | 15,190 |
Females | no. | 14,878 | 15,042 | 15,158 | 15,460 | 15,778 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 43.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 10,281 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,998 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,382 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 907 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 87.7 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 10.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 331 | 377 | 380 | 374 | 395 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
Deaths | no. | 186 | 171 | 202 | 194 | 217 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
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