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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 34,981 | 35,334 | 35,457 | 35,502 | 35,484 |
Males | no. | 17,531 | 17,706 | 17,758 | 17,794 | 17,803 |
Females | no. | 17,450 | 17,628 | 17,699 | 17,708 | 17,681 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.8 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 21.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.7 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 55.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.5 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,610 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,471 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,909 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 924 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 74.2 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 25.8 | 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. | 400 | 374 | 345 | 351 | 365 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.4 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
Deaths | no. | 139 | 156 | 164 | 144 | 121 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
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