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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 28,170 | 28,831 | 29,814 | 31,101 | 32,381 |
| Males | no. | 13,815 | 14,109 | 14,658 | 15,298 | 15,939 |
| Females | no. | 14,355 | 14,722 | 15,156 | 15,803 | 16,442 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 23.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.6 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 136.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 8,907 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,566 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,719 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 839 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 92.3 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 7.7 | 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. | 412 | 372 | 397 | 382 | 422 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.6 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 114 | 101 | 138 | 114 | 161 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
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