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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 21,861 | 24,398 | 25,766 | 27,577 | 29,627 |
| Males | no. | 10,681 | 11,911 | 12,630 | 13,503 | 14,550 |
| Females | no. | 11,180 | 12,487 | 13,136 | 14,074 | 15,077 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.0 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 24.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 24.6 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 328.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 8,206 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 6,524 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,221 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 618 | 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. | 498 | 516 | 535 | 601 | 595 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 22.7 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 21.7 | 20.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 33 | 32 | 29 | 52 | 37 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
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