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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 19,701 | 19,720 | 19,688 | 19,589 | 19,507 |
Males | no. | 9,641 | 9,660 | 9,656 | 9,624 | 9,605 |
Females | no. | 10,060 | 10,060 | 10,032 | 9,965 | 9,902 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,287.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 23.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,290 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,017 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,369 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 845 | 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. | 263 | 273 | 268 | 250 | 272 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.3 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 13.9 |
Deaths | no. | 223 | 205 | 224 | 230 | 221 |
Crude death rate | rate | 11.3 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
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