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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 29,457 | 29,851 | 30,263 | 30,414 | 30,896 |
Males | no. | 14,580 | 14,759 | 14,991 | 15,075 | 15,336 |
Females | no. | 14,877 | 15,092 | 15,272 | 15,339 | 15,560 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.2 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 17.2 | 17.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.5 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 778.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 29.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,033 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,705 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,113 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,023 | 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. | 458 | 411 | 391 | 435 | 456 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.5 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 14.7 |
Deaths | no. | 239 | 237 | 254 | 246 | 259 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
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