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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 55,843 | 55,793 | 55,619 | 55,514 | 55,011 |
| Males | no. | 27,264 | 27,264 | 27,209 | 27,096 | 26,800 |
| Females | no. | 28,579 | 28,529 | 28,410 | 28,418 | 28,211 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 17.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,846.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 18,674 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 14,931 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,974 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,350 | 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. | 631 | 639 | 651 | 646 | 635 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 278 | 311 | 303 | 265 | 302 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
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