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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 56,505 | 56,824 | 56,651 | 56,569 | 56,447 |
| Males | no. | 28,267 | 28,427 | 28,389 | 28,404 | 28,401 |
| Females | no. | 28,238 | 28,397 | 28,262 | 28,165 | 28,046 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.4 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,723.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 35.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 21.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 22,388 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 14,306 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,775 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,538 | 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. | 678 | 647 | 673 | 695 | 693 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 367 | 377 | 488 | 458 | 465 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.4 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
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