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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 17,011 | 16,839 | 16,770 | 17,004 | 17,137 |
Males | no. | 8,222 | 8,129 | 8,103 | 8,225 | 8,297 |
Females | no. | 8,789 | 8,710 | 8,667 | 8,779 | 8,840 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 20.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 215.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,421 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,401 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,525 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 628 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 270 | 203 | 248 | 221 | 234 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.8 | 12.0 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 13.6 |
Deaths | no. | 149 | 169 | 146 | 134 | 134 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.7 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
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