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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,079 | 21,029 | 20,913 | 21,032 | 21,084 |
Males | no. | 10,313 | 10,277 | 10,234 | 10,293 | 10,302 |
Females | no. | 10,766 | 10,752 | 10,679 | 10,739 | 10,782 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.4 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 22.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.4 | 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 | 7,692 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,705 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,079 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 582 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 245 | 259 | 255 | 237 | 245 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
Deaths | no. | 196 | 191 | 192 | 197 | 181 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
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