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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 46,675 | 47,007 | 47,040 | 47,630 | 48,102 |
Males | no. | 22,579 | 22,753 | 22,780 | 23,116 | 23,351 |
Females | no. | 24,096 | 24,254 | 24,260 | 24,514 | 24,751 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 623.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 18,953 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 10,992 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,888 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,318 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 441 | 581 | 483 | 509 | 492 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.4 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
Deaths | no. | 377 | 426 | 428 | 406 | 417 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
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