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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 29,741 | 29,383 | 29,196 | 29,389 | 29,136 |
Males | no. | 15,719 | 15,649 | 15,572 | 15,656 | 15,559 |
Females | no. | 14,022 | 13,734 | 13,624 | 13,733 | 13,577 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.3 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 22.0 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 19.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 283.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 9,218 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,786 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,037 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 711 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 589 | 579 | 539 | 528 | 547 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 19.8 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 18.7 |
Deaths | no. | 120 | 155 | 141 | 118 | 106 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
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