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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 17,563 | 17,707 | 17,618 | 17,378 | 17,323 |
Males | no. | 9,367 | 9,344 | 9,317 | 9,171 | 9,146 |
Females | no. | 8,196 | 8,363 | 8,301 | 8,207 | 8,177 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 29.7 | 29.7 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.2 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 49.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 29.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,143 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,581 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,719 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 507 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 55.9 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 44.1 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 417 | 446 | 425 | 403 | 370 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 23.7 | 25.1 | 24.1 | 23.1 | 21.3 |
Deaths | no. | 102 | 100 | 104 | 93 | 84 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
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