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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 14,895 | 15,778 | 16,670 | 18,352 | 19,741 |
| Males | no. | 7,223 | 7,636 | 8,077 | 8,907 | 9,593 |
| Females | no. | 7,672 | 8,142 | 8,593 | 9,445 | 10,148 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 185.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 6,568 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 4,327 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 937 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 516 | 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. | 142 | 121 | 163 | 170 | 185 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 181 | 183 | 190 | 185 | 207 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.1 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
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