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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 12,795 | 12,731 | 12,822 | 12,850 | 12,892 |
Males | no. | 6,394 | 6,361 | 6,403 | 6,411 | 6,440 |
Females | no. | 6,401 | 6,370 | 6,419 | 6,439 | 6,452 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.2 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 26.4 | 25.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,613.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 15.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 30.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 33.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,110 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,210 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,147 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 748 | 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. | 203 | 206 | 231 | 225 | 213 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.8 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 |
Deaths | no. | 44 | 65 | 54 | 54 | 43 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
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