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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 180,392 | 181,747 | 183,521 | 185,354 | 188,207 |
| Males | no. | 91,777 | 92,199 | 93,557 | 94,443 | 95,968 |
| Females | no. | 88,615 | 89,548 | 89,964 | 90,911 | 92,239 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.9 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 61,539 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 45,967 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 18,594 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,202 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 72.2 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 21.5 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 5.5 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 2,615 | 2,600 | 2,518 | 2,543 | 2,655 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.4 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 14.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 1,066 | 1,050 | 1,054 | 1,064 | 1,044 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
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