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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,600 | 21,586 | 21,615 | 21,623 | 21,658 |
Males | no. | 10,251 | 10,251 | 10,289 | 10,300 | 10,324 |
Females | no. | 11,349 | 11,335 | 11,326 | 11,323 | 11,334 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.2 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,687.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 18.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 70.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,267 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,630 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,107 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 411 | 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. | 171 | 163 | 170 | 197 | 147 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 6.7 |
Deaths | no. | 216 | 181 | 173 | 179 | 174 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
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