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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 37,017 | 37,193 | 37,363 | 37,446 | 37,120 |
Males | no. | 18,400 | 18,494 | 18,627 | 18,662 | 18,504 |
Females | no. | 18,617 | 18,699 | 18,736 | 18,784 | 18,616 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.1 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 17.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,684.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 43.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,465 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,334 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,492 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,012 | 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. | 587 | 474 | 525 | 482 | 510 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.8 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 13.7 |
Deaths | no. | 256 | 284 | 267 | 265 | 255 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
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