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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 19,118 | 18,896 | 18,698 | 18,542 | 18,031 |
Males | no. | 9,919 | 9,753 | 9,638 | 9,532 | 9,270 |
Females | no. | 9,199 | 9,143 | 9,060 | 9,010 | 8,761 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.6 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 21.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,657 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,861 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,947 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 347 | 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 | 68.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 26.8 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 309 | 298 | 234 | 264 | 258 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.1 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Deaths | no. | 125 | 163 | 116 | 136 | 133 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
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