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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 17,816 | 17,864 | 18,027 | 17,866 | 17,720 |
Males | no. | 8,816 | 8,842 | 8,915 | 8,846 | 8,784 |
Females | no. | 9,000 | 9,022 | 9,112 | 9,020 | 8,936 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.5 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 24.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.5 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,300.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,680 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,797 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,174 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 609 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 237 | 239 | 225 | 254 | 256 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 14.4 |
Deaths | no. | 70 | 66 | 78 | 80 | 80 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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