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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 52,043 | 52,120 | 52,484 | 52,651 | 52,925 |
Males | no. | 25,476 | 25,545 | 25,708 | 25,847 | 25,989 |
Females | no. | 26,567 | 26,575 | 26,776 | 26,804 | 26,936 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.1 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 17.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 241.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 17,756 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 12,702 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,048 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,705 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 713 | 709 | 776 | 749 | 706 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 13.3 |
Deaths | no. | 325 | 337 | 349 | 376 | 319 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
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