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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 19,226 | 20,423 | 21,942 | 23,602 | 25,811 |
Males | no. | 9,726 | 10,315 | 11,090 | 11,948 | 13,076 |
Females | no. | 9,500 | 10,108 | 10,852 | 11,654 | 12,735 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 56.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 33.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,618 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,510 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,272 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 492 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 90.2 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 9.8 | 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. | 244 | 265 | 313 | 317 | 375 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.6 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 14.5 |
Deaths | no. | 90 | 98 | 101 | 130 | 142 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
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