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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 17,125 | 17,236 | 17,471 | 18,180 | 19,003 |
Males | no. | 8,438 | 8,473 | 8,624 | 8,950 | 9,322 |
Females | no. | 8,687 | 8,763 | 8,847 | 9,230 | 9,681 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.3 | 26.0 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 24.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.7 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 494.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.6 | 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 | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,664 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,688 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,866 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 736 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 56.2 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 43.8 | 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. | 285 | 281 | 285 | 246 | 290 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 15.2 |
Deaths | no. | 77 | 92 | 83 | 88 | 87 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
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