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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 55,856 | 55,099 | 54,776 | 54,886 | 54,174 |
Males | no. | 29,784 | 29,448 | 29,300 | 29,363 | 29,001 |
Females | no. | 26,072 | 25,651 | 25,476 | 25,523 | 25,173 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.3 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.0 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 17.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 16,934 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 12,688 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,572 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,346 | 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 | 60.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 26.5 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 12.8 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,029 | 956 | 890 | 892 | 934 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 18.4 | 17.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 17.2 |
Deaths | no. | 255 | 273 | 270 | 244 | 217 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
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