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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 12,759 | 13,057 | 13,553 | 14,069 | 14,340 |
| Males | no. | 6,182 | 6,326 | 6,560 | 6,830 | 6,984 |
| Females | no. | 6,577 | 6,731 | 6,993 | 7,239 | 7,356 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 20.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 779.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 4,598 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 3,581 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,271 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 480 | 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. | 149 | 140 | 150 | 158 | 147 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 163 | 120 | 148 | 173 | 198 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.7 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 13.8 |
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