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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 14,575 | 14,788 | 15,146 | 15,506 | 15,842 |
| Males | no. | 7,076 | 7,170 | 7,317 | 7,511 | 7,715 |
| Females | no. | 7,499 | 7,618 | 7,829 | 7,995 | 8,127 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 17.0 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 17.2 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 148.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.1 | 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 | 39.3 | 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 | 6,332 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 4,385 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 888 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 483 | 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. | 81 | 108 | 92 | 114 | 87 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 5.5 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 180 | 169 | 177 | 164 | 205 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 12.9 |
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