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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 26,516 | 26,804 | 27,127 | 27,632 | 28,195 |
| Males | no. | 12,875 | 13,008 | 13,208 | 13,457 | 13,736 |
| Females | no. | 13,641 | 13,796 | 13,919 | 14,175 | 14,459 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.0 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.2 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 104.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 9,311 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,284 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,128 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 837 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 96.1 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 299 | 346 | 339 | 339 | 358 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.2 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 169 | 161 | 185 | 175 | 199 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
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