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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 18,034 | 18,171 | 18,216 | 18,128 | 18,496 |
Males | no. | 8,947 | 9,020 | 9,041 | 9,019 | 9,211 |
Females | no. | 9,087 | 9,151 | 9,175 | 9,109 | 9,285 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.2 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 19.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 12.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.7 | 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 | 6,785 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,705 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,405 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 689 | 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. | 179 | 173 | 163 | 158 | 175 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
Deaths | no. | 207 | 200 | 192 | 192 | 182 |
Crude death rate | rate | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
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