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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 36,076 | 36,349 | 36,622 | 36,882 | 37,120 |
Males | no. | 18,109 | 18,227 | 18,337 | 18,484 | 18,622 |
Females | no. | 17,967 | 18,122 | 18,285 | 18,398 | 18,498 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 8.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,728 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,415 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,615 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 835 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 97.1 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 466 | 401 | 444 | 477 | 460 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.9 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 |
Deaths | no. | 293 | 316 | 326 | 317 | 318 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
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