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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 50,269 | 50,916 | 51,183 | 51,342 | 51,358 |
| Males | no. | 25,092 | 25,435 | 25,567 | 25,647 | 25,694 |
| Females | no. | 25,177 | 25,481 | 25,616 | 25,695 | 25,664 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 22.4 | 21.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.4 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.5 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,282.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 15,178 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 13,199 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,422 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,413 | 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. | 691 | 607 | 701 | 619 | 620 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 167 | 175 | 171 | 194 | 190 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
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