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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 24,707 | 26,487 | 28,669 | 31,359 | 33,793 |
Males | no. | 12,331 | 13,199 | 14,244 | 15,558 | 16,755 |
Females | no. | 12,376 | 13,288 | 14,425 | 15,801 | 17,038 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 29.0 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 27.6 | 27.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.7 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 177.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 33.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 48.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,495 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,145 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,113 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 949 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 85.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 14.1 | 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. | 431 | 489 | 449 | 527 | 545 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 17.4 | 18.4 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 16.1 |
Deaths | no. | 73 | 81 | 93 | 80 | 121 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
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