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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 56,165 | 56,806 | 57,715 | 58,562 | 59,611 |
Males | no. | 27,490 | 27,749 | 28,183 | 28,616 | 29,146 |
Females | no. | 28,675 | 29,057 | 29,532 | 29,946 | 30,465 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.8 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 233.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 48.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 20,819 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 15,060 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,998 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,018 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 96.2 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 729 | 741 | 707 | 664 | 703 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.7 |
Deaths | no. | 427 | 508 | 546 | 510 | 580 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 9.7 |
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