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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 14,143 | 14,055 | 13,914 | 13,870 | 13,449 |
Males | no. | 7,250 | 7,175 | 7,094 | 7,063 | 6,847 |
Females | no. | 6,893 | 6,880 | 6,820 | 6,807 | 6,602 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.6 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 64.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,921 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,577 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,407 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 290 | 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 | 92.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 7.6 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 219 | 220 | 167 | 191 | 178 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.4 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
Deaths | no. | 104 | 136 | 97 | 115 | 109 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
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