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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 16,169 | 16,087 | 16,110 | 16,113 | 16,080 |
| Males | no. | 7,667 | 7,610 | 7,674 | 7,741 | 7,756 |
| Females | no. | 8,502 | 8,477 | 8,436 | 8,372 | 8,324 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.2 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.3 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,924.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 57.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 67.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 6,328 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 3,590 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,492 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 299 | 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. | 180 | 171 | 169 | 184 | 186 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 240 | 197 | 206 | 154 | 119 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 14.8 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 7.4 |
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