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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 22,726 | 23,298 | 23,806 | 24,191 | 24,529 |
Males | no. | 11,319 | 11,643 | 11,888 | 12,088 | 12,259 |
Females | no. | 11,407 | 11,655 | 11,918 | 12,103 | 12,270 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 474.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,538 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,389 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,262 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 986 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 65.1 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 34.9 | 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. | 297 | 270 | 305 | 284 | 278 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
Deaths | no. | 87 | 100 | 95 | 92 | 114 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
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