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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 25,626 | 26,169 | 26,852 | 27,719 | 28,463 |
Males | no. | 12,872 | 13,080 | 13,515 | 13,915 | 14,255 |
Females | no. | 12,754 | 13,089 | 13,337 | 13,804 | 14,208 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.3 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 11.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.1 | 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 | 41.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,845 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,987 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,627 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 755 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 97.1 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 351 | 305 | 331 | 296 | 343 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.6 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 12.0 |
Deaths | no. | 142 | 157 | 137 | 137 | 170 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
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