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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 17,141 | 17,052 | 16,904 | 16,520 | 16,239 |
| Males | no. | 8,578 | 8,526 | 8,439 | 8,267 | 8,135 |
| Females | no. | 8,563 | 8,526 | 8,465 | 8,253 | 8,104 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.8 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.7 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 20.0 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 18.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,432.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | 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 | 8.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 5,621 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 4,492 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,916 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 588 | 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. | 182 | 194 | 240 | 162 | 194 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.6 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 11.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 45 | 39 | 44 | 38 | 44 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
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