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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 47,100 | 47,446 | 47,478 | 48,069 | 48,544 |
Males | no. | 22,819 | 23,004 | 23,021 | 23,359 | 23,593 |
Females | no. | 24,281 | 24,442 | 24,457 | 24,710 | 24,951 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 624.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 19,069 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 11,052 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,902 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,329 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 442 | 581 | 486 | 512 | 495 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.3 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.1 |
Deaths | no. | 380 | 428 | 429 | 408 | 419 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
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