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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 34,762 | 35,191 | 35,301 | 35,363 | 35,504 |
Males | no. | 16,850 | 17,061 | 17,140 | 17,175 | 17,244 |
Females | no. | 17,912 | 18,130 | 18,161 | 18,188 | 18,260 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 23.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 107.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,810 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,767 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,419 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,336 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 97.7 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 542 | 495 | 523 | 535 | 481 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.5 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
Deaths | no. | 227 | 228 | 249 | 267 | 232 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
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