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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,077 | 21,289 | 21,409 | 21,466 | 21,564 |
Males | no. | 10,494 | 10,595 | 10,673 | 10,721 | 10,777 |
Females | no. | 10,583 | 10,694 | 10,736 | 10,745 | 10,787 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.9 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 22.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.8 | 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 | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,562 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,517 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,109 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 570 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 88.7 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 11.3 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 285 | 263 | 246 | 285 | 268 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
Deaths | no. | 167 | 170 | 169 | 187 | 170 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
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