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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 23,703 | 23,662 | 23,612 | 22,889 | 22,545 |
Males | no. | 11,531 | 11,496 | 11,509 | 11,122 | 10,984 |
Females | no. | 12,172 | 12,166 | 12,103 | 11,767 | 11,561 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.7 | 17.1 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 215.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 57.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 64.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,606 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,424 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,312 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 680 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 99.7 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.3 | 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. | 219 | 256 | 270 | 252 | 297 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.2 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 132 | 146 | 118 | 130 | 139 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
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