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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 10,961 | 11,295 | 11,591 | 11,589 | 11,729 |
Males | no. | 5,516 | 5,676 | 5,826 | 5,837 | 5,903 |
Females | no. | 5,445 | 5,619 | 5,765 | 5,752 | 5,826 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.3 | 28.1 | 27.5 | 27.1 | 26.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 82.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,506 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,000 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,436 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 301 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 162 | 152 | 161 | 170 | 178 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 37 | 31 | 34 | 48 | 37 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
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