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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 78,295 | 79,673 | 80,652 | 81,906 | 83,059 |
| Males | no. | 37,793 | 38,460 | 38,969 | 39,550 | 40,094 |
| Females | no. | 40,502 | 41,213 | 41,683 | 42,356 | 42,965 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.6 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 168.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 28,540 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 19,973 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,398 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,810 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 979 | 951 | 1,020 | 1,007 | 993 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 638 | 632 | 659 | 656 | 650 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
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