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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 25,872 | 26,463 | 27,051 | 27,623 | 27,793 |
| Males | no. | 12,608 | 12,842 | 13,167 | 13,406 | 13,514 |
| Females | no. | 13,264 | 13,621 | 13,884 | 14,217 | 14,279 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.5 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.6 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,581.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 7.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 8,850 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,369 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,499 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 748 | 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. | 360 | 363 | 357 | 371 | 335 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 52 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 61 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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