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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 14,326 | 14,735 | 15,062 | 15,504 | 15,987 |
| Males | no. | 6,983 | 7,160 | 7,302 | 7,534 | 7,771 |
| Females | no. | 7,343 | 7,575 | 7,760 | 7,970 | 8,216 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.3 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 90.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 5,041 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 3,902 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,570 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 488 | 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. | 202 | 177 | 211 | 208 | 235 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.1 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 14.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 128 | 139 | 118 | 155 | 115 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 7.1 |
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