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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 18,376 | 18,487 | 18,661 | 18,911 | 19,251 |
Males | no. | 9,128 | 9,164 | 9,281 | 9,380 | 9,538 |
Females | no. | 9,248 | 9,323 | 9,380 | 9,531 | 9,713 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 20.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 65.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,514 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,010 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,950 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 472 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 66.6 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 33.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 176 | 226 | 208 | 193 | 195 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
Deaths | no. | 128 | 156 | 137 | 152 | 143 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
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