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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 20,883 | 21,230 | 21,460 | 21,713 | 21,879 |
Males | no. | 10,755 | 10,937 | 11,063 | 11,178 | 11,272 |
Females | no. | 10,128 | 10,293 | 10,397 | 10,535 | 10,607 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.2 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.1 | 23.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,645 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,269 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,372 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 501 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 98.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 293 | 266 | 296 | 301 | 301 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
Deaths | no. | 114 | 107 | 118 | 118 | 111 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
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