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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 30,907 | 30,871 | 30,811 | 30,739 | 30,906 |
| Males | no. | 14,806 | 14,787 | 14,832 | 14,841 | 14,956 |
| Females | no. | 16,101 | 16,084 | 15,979 | 15,898 | 15,950 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.1 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 20.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 186.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.6 | 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 | 11,037 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,445 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,587 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,252 | 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. | 357 | 393 | 363 | 370 | 348 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.5 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 209 | 206 | 272 | 286 | 297 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.7 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
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