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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,588 | 21,757 | 22,086 | 22,538 | 22,845 |
Males | no. | 11,199 | 11,282 | 11,471 | 11,672 | 11,796 |
Females | no. | 10,389 | 10,475 | 10,615 | 10,866 | 11,049 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 23.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 190.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 42.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,274 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,488 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,062 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 833 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 88.5 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 11.5 | 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. | 322 | 300 | 320 | 329 | 348 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 15.2 |
Deaths | no. | 109 | 119 | 103 | 116 | 99 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
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