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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 30,588 | 31,236 | 31,434 | 31,512 | 31,586 |
| Males | no. | 15,192 | 15,521 | 15,582 | 15,637 | 15,712 |
| Females | no. | 15,396 | 15,715 | 15,852 | 15,875 | 15,874 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 20.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 7.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 10,824 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,958 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,858 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 991 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 99.1 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 429 | 332 | 356 | 397 | 394 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 12.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 231 | 217 | 246 | 226 | 226 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
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