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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 89,457 | 89,978 | 90,186 | 90,087 | 90,724 |
| Males | no. | 42,749 | 43,257 | 43,364 | 43,381 | 43,779 |
| Females | no. | 46,708 | 46,721 | 46,822 | 46,706 | 46,945 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 21.2 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 20.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3,546.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 18.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 62.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 71.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 36,529 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 20,255 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,672 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,470 | 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. | 966 | 911 | 952 | 983 | 996 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 655 | 599 | 624 | 591 | 574 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
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