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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 44,582 | 44,876 | 44,989 | 45,042 | 45,599 |
| Males | no. | 21,185 | 21,494 | 21,567 | 21,639 | 21,940 |
| Females | no. | 23,397 | 23,382 | 23,422 | 23,403 | 23,659 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.0 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,844.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 61.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 70.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 16,501 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 10,642 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,456 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 717 | 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. | 564 | 504 | 554 | 542 | 530 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.6 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 341 | 300 | 319 | 321 | 315 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
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