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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 25,499 | 25,710 | 26,089 | 26,154 | 26,211 |
Males | no. | 12,628 | 12,714 | 12,932 | 12,920 | 12,960 |
Females | no. | 12,871 | 12,996 | 13,157 | 13,234 | 13,251 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,380.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 31.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 10,360 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,154 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,753 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 847 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 312 | 289 | 318 | 280 | 313 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 |
Deaths | no. | 220 | 227 | 203 | 215 | 254 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
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