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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 13,757 | 13,846 | 13,979 | 14,080 | 14,350 |
Males | no. | 6,998 | 7,039 | 7,130 | 7,201 | 7,352 |
Females | no. | 6,759 | 6,807 | 6,849 | 6,879 | 6,998 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,725 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,602 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,398 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 408 | 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 | 97.2 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 191 | 217 | 200 | 174 | 171 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.8 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
Deaths | no. | 101 | 84 | 98 | 105 | 89 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
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