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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 49,411 | 49,609 | 49,644 | 49,836 | 49,905 |
| Males | no. | 24,924 | 25,017 | 25,003 | 25,112 | 25,123 |
| Females | no. | 24,487 | 24,592 | 24,641 | 24,724 | 24,782 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 19.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 18,330 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,865 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,417 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,325 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 88.8 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 11.2 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 462 | 479 | 539 | 490 | 513 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 495 | 451 | 504 | 441 | 454 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
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