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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 31,323 | 32,281 | 33,603 | 34,472 | 35,352 |
Males | no. | 15,367 | 15,817 | 16,464 | 16,943 | 17,403 |
Females | no. | 15,956 | 16,464 | 17,139 | 17,529 | 17,949 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 19.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 115.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,500 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,609 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,150 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 751 | 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. | 323 | 296 | 345 | 323 | 301 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
Deaths | no. | 225 | 256 | 241 | 240 | 230 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
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