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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,338 | 21,586 | 21,892 | 22,423 | 22,769 |
Males | no. | 10,320 | 10,436 | 10,607 | 10,873 | 11,038 |
Females | no. | 11,018 | 11,150 | 11,285 | 11,550 | 11,731 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 22.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 200.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,296 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,415 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,215 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 734 | 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. | 282 | 249 | 313 | 282 | 257 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.2 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 11.2 |
Deaths | no. | 124 | 136 | 145 | 167 | 149 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
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