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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 30,131 | 30,703 | 31,135 | 31,477 | 31,905 |
Males | no. | 14,961 | 15,254 | 15,452 | 15,621 | 15,830 |
Females | no. | 15,170 | 15,449 | 15,683 | 15,856 | 16,075 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.9 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 20.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.5 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 5.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,095 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,080 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,728 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 919 | 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 | 98.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 288 | 273 | 288 | 290 | 258 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.0 |
Deaths | no. | 248 | 229 | 252 | 244 | 246 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
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