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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 22,129 | 22,683 | 22,767 | 22,711 | 22,947 |
| Males | no. | 11,017 | 11,265 | 11,319 | 11,302 | 11,430 |
| Females | no. | 11,112 | 11,418 | 11,448 | 11,409 | 11,517 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.4 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 25.6 | 24.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.4 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 434.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 6,494 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 5,878 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,385 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 408 | 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. | 325 | 296 | 327 | 281 | 261 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.6 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 72 | 57 | 65 | 50 | 67 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
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