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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 21,412 | 21,558 | 21,641 | 22,065 | 21,918 |
Males | no. | 10,276 | 10,330 | 10,391 | 10,619 | 10,562 |
Females | no. | 11,136 | 11,228 | 11,250 | 11,446 | 11,356 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.6 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,098.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 29.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 63.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 74.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,071 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,092 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,448 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 405 | 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. | 195 | 188 | 188 | 199 | 195 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
Deaths | no. | 216 | 187 | 192 | 216 | 194 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 8.8 |
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