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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 77,163 | 76,743 | 76,515 | 75,937 | 75,752 |
| Males | no. | 38,921 | 38,655 | 38,736 | 38,279 | 38,186 |
| Females | no. | 38,242 | 38,088 | 37,779 | 37,658 | 37,566 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 22.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 17.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4,587.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 38.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.8 | 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 | 27,940 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 17,250 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,409 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,780 | 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. | 1,078 | 1,130 | 1,064 | 1,108 | 1,119 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.9 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 495 | 472 | 486 | 467 | 491 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
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