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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 25,511 | 26,127 | 27,021 | 28,018 | 29,051 |
Males | no. | 12,368 | 12,673 | 13,130 | 13,598 | 14,080 |
Females | no. | 13,143 | 13,454 | 13,891 | 14,420 | 14,971 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 88.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,830 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,669 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,696 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 743 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 280 | 299 | 318 | 294 | 347 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 11.9 |
Deaths | no. | 194 | 170 | 199 | 166 | 164 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.6 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
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