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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,570 | 22,023 | 22,698 | 23,952 | 24,789 |
Males | no. | 10,549 | 10,753 | 11,094 | 11,729 | 12,187 |
Females | no. | 11,021 | 11,270 | 11,604 | 12,223 | 12,602 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 519.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,504 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,728 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,203 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 854 | 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. | 303 | 298 | 280 | 315 | 288 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
Deaths | no. | 159 | 149 | 175 | 192 | 181 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
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