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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 25,631 | 26,368 | 26,888 | 27,609 | 28,266 |
Males | no. | 13,044 | 13,323 | 13,993 | 14,343 | 14,666 |
Females | no. | 12,587 | 13,045 | 12,895 | 13,266 | 13,600 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.6 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,808 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,819 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,514 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 734 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 87.7 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 8.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 268 | 251 | 298 | 255 | 278 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.4 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
Deaths | no. | 130 | 141 | 157 | 158 | 143 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 |
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