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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 57,639 | 59,752 | 61,927 | 65,834 | 70,271 |
Males | no. | 28,679 | 29,688 | 30,749 | 32,632 | 34,831 |
Females | no. | 28,960 | 30,064 | 31,178 | 33,202 | 35,440 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.3 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 19.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 37.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 21,258 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 15,869 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,988 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,953 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 99.4 | 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. | 637 | 582 | 638 | 612 | 658 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
Deaths | no. | 413 | 459 | 503 | 489 | 504 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
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