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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 14,699 | 15,329 | 15,919 | 16,315 | 16,366 |
Males | no. | 7,303 | 7,620 | 7,914 | 8,142 | 8,191 |
Females | no. | 7,396 | 7,709 | 8,005 | 8,173 | 8,175 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.8 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 24.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.1 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,652.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,710 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,123 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,172 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 316 | 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. | 203 | 238 | 211 | 227 | 251 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.8 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 15.3 |
Deaths | no. | 55 | 45 | 56 | 54 | 66 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
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