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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 13,027 | 13,065 | 13,060 | 13,073 | 13,027 |
| Males | no. | 6,502 | 6,469 | 6,482 | 6,474 | 6,435 |
| Females | no. | 6,525 | 6,596 | 6,578 | 6,599 | 6,592 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.0 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 19.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 19.0 | 19.1 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 18.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 442.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 58.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 69.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 4,446 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 3,533 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,522 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 301 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 97.8 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 2.2 | 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. | 136 | 126 | 138 | 136 | 137 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 67 | 54 | 63 | 49 | 61 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
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