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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 24,617 | 24,467 | 24,438 | 24,268 | 24,158 |
Males | no. | 12,171 | 11,989 | 11,978 | 11,887 | 11,856 |
Females | no. | 12,446 | 12,478 | 12,460 | 12,381 | 12,302 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 20.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.9 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,901.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 42.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,974 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,661 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,288 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,000 | 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. | 332 | 303 | 322 | 326 | 294 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.4 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.1 |
Deaths | no. | 132 | 139 | 167 | 157 | 163 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
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