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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 22,302 | 22,926 | 23,425 | 24,085 | 24,655 |
| Males | no. | 11,451 | 11,731 | 12,041 | 12,380 | 12,678 |
| Females | no. | 10,851 | 11,195 | 11,384 | 11,705 | 11,977 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.6 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.1 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 7,659 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 5,929 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,186 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 638 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 87.7 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 8.7 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 234 | 219 | 260 | 222 | 250 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.4 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 10.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 113 | 123 | 137 | 138 | 140 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
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