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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 23,473 | 23,862 | 24,017 | 24,095 | 24,158 |
| Males | no. | 11,790 | 12,005 | 12,080 | 12,106 | 12,131 |
| Females | no. | 11,683 | 11,857 | 11,937 | 11,989 | 12,027 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.8 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 33.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 7,508 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 6,298 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,962 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 543 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 33.5 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 66.5 | 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. | 290 | 320 | 317 | 294 | 311 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 105 | 107 | 96 | 89 | 101 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
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