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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 112,991 | 113,893 | 114,153 | 114,059 | 113,695 |
| Males | no. | 55,730 | 56,070 | 56,226 | 56,244 | 56,014 |
| Females | no. | 57,261 | 57,823 | 57,927 | 57,815 | 57,681 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,004.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 33.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 36,252 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 30,689 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 12,914 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,812 | 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. | 1,121 | 1,040 | 1,143 | 1,090 | 1,163 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.9 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 581 | 621 | 623 | 696 | 619 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
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