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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 8,276 | 8,784 | 8,998 | 8,952 | 8,856 |
Males | no. | 3,990 | 4,216 | 4,381 | 4,376 | 4,335 |
Females | no. | 4,286 | 4,568 | 4,617 | 4,576 | 4,521 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 25.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 29.3 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 26.4 | 25.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,159.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 19.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 54.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,223 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,359 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,023 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 309 | 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. | 220 | 224 | 226 | 188 | 197 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 26.5 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 21.0 | 22.2 |
Deaths | no. | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 15 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
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