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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 38,249 | 38,585 | 39,193 | 40,142 | 40,815 |
Males | no. | 19,059 | 19,180 | 19,447 | 19,941 | 20,296 |
Females | no. | 19,190 | 19,405 | 19,746 | 20,201 | 20,519 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 20.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.4 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 197.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 14.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 60.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 69.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 14,227 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,196 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,554 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 992 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 99.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 383 | 379 | 416 | 448 | 451 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Deaths | no. | 237 | 253 | 270 | 246 | 221 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
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