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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 25,885 | 25,716 | 25,719 | 25,652 | 25,566 |
| Males | no. | 12,684 | 12,508 | 12,511 | 12,485 | 12,450 |
| Females | no. | 13,201 | 13,208 | 13,208 | 13,167 | 13,116 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.0 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,267.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 29.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 33.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 10,117 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 6,748 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,775 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,467 | 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. | 380 | 392 | 400 | 376 | 352 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 13.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 238 | 251 | 237 | 269 | 276 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 10.7 |
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