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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 12,422 | 12,547 | 12,589 | 12,610 | 12,607 |
Males | no. | 6,316 | 6,365 | 6,353 | 6,379 | 6,385 |
Females | no. | 6,106 | 6,182 | 6,236 | 6,231 | 6,222 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,328 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,305 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,289 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 214 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 57.2 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 42.8 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 127 | 127 | 130 | 114 | 132 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 10.4 |
Deaths | no. | 92 | 119 | 113 | 103 | 124 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
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