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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 52,512 | 53,205 | 53,245 | 53,158 | 53,104 |
| Males | no. | 25,175 | 25,498 | 25,457 | 25,435 | 25,441 |
| Females | no. | 27,337 | 27,707 | 27,788 | 27,723 | 27,663 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 19.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,297.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 67.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 19,349 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 13,931 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,676 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,194 | 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. | 568 | 608 | 642 | 667 | 637 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.8 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 435 | 431 | 391 | 417 | 419 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
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