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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 31,483 | 32,201 | 32,897 | 33,553 | 34,133 |
Males | no. | 15,623 | 15,994 | 16,340 | 16,680 | 17,004 |
Females | no. | 15,860 | 16,207 | 16,557 | 16,873 | 17,129 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 10.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,518 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,931 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,317 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 915 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 88.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 11.6 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 244 | 253 | 252 | 287 | 278 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
Deaths | no. | 322 | 344 | 369 | 429 | 378 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 11.0 |
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