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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 27,621 | 27,851 | 27,973 | 28,155 | 28,366 |
| Males | no. | 12,884 | 12,966 | 13,114 | 13,233 | 13,345 |
| Females | no. | 14,737 | 14,885 | 14,859 | 14,922 | 15,021 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.4 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3,253.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 29.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 68.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 76.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 10,629 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 6,632 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,563 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 434 | 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. | 327 | 353 | 359 | 344 | 374 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 13.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 166 | 180 | 186 | 211 | 230 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
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