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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 21,521 | 21,501 | 21,489 | 21,517 | 21,518 |
| Males | no. | 10,552 | 10,548 | 10,540 | 10,554 | 10,544 |
| Females | no. | 10,969 | 10,953 | 10,949 | 10,963 | 10,974 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.6 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,873.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 28.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 8,580 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 5,743 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,766 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 583 | 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. | 265 | 248 | 262 | 251 | 257 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 225 | 211 | 230 | 240 | 145 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 6.7 |
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