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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 26,032 | 26,093 | 26,218 | 26,548 | 26,577 |
| Males | no. | 13,090 | 13,129 | 13,210 | 13,430 | 13,490 |
| Females | no. | 12,942 | 12,964 | 13,008 | 13,118 | 13,087 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 23.5 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,557.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 35.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 24.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 10,795 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 5,770 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,736 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 484 | 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. | 336 | 341 | 331 | 321 | 372 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 13.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 238 | 198 | 208 | 201 | 229 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.6 |
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