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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 11,027 | 11,172 | 11,319 | 11,445 | 11,716 |
| Males | no. | 5,329 | 5,357 | 5,447 | 5,513 | 5,660 |
| Females | no. | 5,698 | 5,815 | 5,872 | 5,932 | 6,056 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.6 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,902.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 4,564 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,938 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 969 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 313 | 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. | 140 | 160 | 175 | 137 | 164 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.6 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 13.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 153 | 128 | 137 | 123 | 141 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 13.8 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 12.0 |
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