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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 31,373 | 31,805 | 31,998 | 32,016 | 32,192 |
Males | no. | 16,762 | 16,975 | 17,144 | 17,165 | 17,286 |
Females | no. | 14,611 | 14,830 | 14,854 | 14,851 | 14,906 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.2 | 29.0 | 29.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 19.2 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 17.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.2 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 66.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 58.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 31.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 42.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,750 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,912 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,846 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,008 | 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 | 1.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 92.4 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 704 | 772 | 684 | 721 | 659 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 22.4 | 24.2 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 20.4 |
Deaths | no. | 182 | 158 | 188 | 185 | 171 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
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