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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 30,206 | 30,615 | 30,901 | 31,214 | 31,515 |
Males | no. | 15,019 | 15,229 | 15,374 | 15,518 | 15,645 |
Females | no. | 15,187 | 15,386 | 15,527 | 15,696 | 15,870 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 20.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 19.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 131.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 10,260 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,223 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,883 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 933 | 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. | 398 | 422 | 388 | 402 | 401 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.1 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.7 |
Deaths | no. | 199 | 179 | 208 | 239 | 238 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
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