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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 26,635 | 26,983 | 27,490 | 28,211 | 28,700 |
Males | no. | 13,282 | 13,440 | 13,709 | 14,084 | 14,338 |
Females | no. | 13,353 | 13,543 | 13,781 | 14,127 | 14,362 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.7 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 26.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.1 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.6 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,024.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 42.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,467 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,228 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,360 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,082 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 455 | 464 | 415 | 460 | 436 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 17.0 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 53 | 80 | 68 | 72 | 83 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
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