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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 28,923 | 29,433 | 29,452 | 30,199 | 31,080 |
| Males | no. | 14,259 | 14,540 | 14,589 | 14,993 | 15,486 |
| Females | no. | 14,664 | 14,893 | 14,863 | 15,206 | 15,594 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 17.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 16.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,243.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 48.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.0 | 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 | 9,035 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,030 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,220 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 621 | 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. | 296 | 295 | 282 | 283 | 288 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 217 | 233 | 213 | 230 | 205 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
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