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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 85,018 | 85,601 | 86,148 | 86,189 | 85,579 |
| Males | no. | 42,226 | 42,427 | 42,620 | 42,708 | 42,458 |
| Females | no. | 42,792 | 43,174 | 43,528 | 43,481 | 43,121 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.8 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 18.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 17.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.5 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.9 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 660.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 14.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 29,254 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 21,877 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 8,895 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,518 | 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. | 1,017 | 943 | 1,075 | 1,114 | 1,091 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.9 | 11.0 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 331 | 395 | 370 | 391 | 392 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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