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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 29,127 | 29,689 | 29,990 | 30,383 | 30,676 |
Males | no. | 14,530 | 14,818 | 14,940 | 15,166 | 15,310 |
Females | no. | 14,597 | 14,871 | 15,050 | 15,217 | 15,366 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.6 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 19.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 18.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 54.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 10,572 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,214 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,456 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,457 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 322 | 310 | 339 | 328 | 318 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.0 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
Deaths | no. | 178 | 158 | 170 | 206 | 166 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
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