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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 37,612 | 37,524 | 37,298 | 37,078 | 37,049 |
Males | no. | 18,822 | 18,778 | 18,620 | 18,525 | 18,530 |
Females | no. | 18,790 | 18,746 | 18,678 | 18,553 | 18,519 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.8 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,770 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,652 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,744 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 887 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 25.3 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 74.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 413 | 408 | 402 | 480 | 403 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 10.8 |
Deaths | no. | 348 | 371 | 396 | 336 | 370 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 9.9 |
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