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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 35,617 | 36,043 | 36,173 | 36,204 | 36,259 |
Males | no. | 18,423 | 18,701 | 18,740 | 18,743 | 18,774 |
Females | no. | 17,194 | 17,342 | 17,433 | 17,461 | 17,485 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.0 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,379 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,117 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,452 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 953 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 86.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 13.1 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 417 | 393 | 437 | 383 | 347 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.7 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
Deaths | no. | 263 | 299 | 278 | 259 | 261 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
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