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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 16,333 | 16,669 | 16,504 | 16,387 | 16,265 |
Males | no. | 7,833 | 7,996 | 7,904 | 7,843 | 7,806 |
Females | no. | 8,500 | 8,673 | 8,600 | 8,544 | 8,459 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.5 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 18.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 473.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,095 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,015 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,259 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 634 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 224 | 185 | 191 | 236 | 219 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 13.4 |
Deaths | no. | 178 | 166 | 186 | 178 | 165 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.1 |
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