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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 49,314 | 49,767 | 49,883 | 49,816 | 49,882 |
| Males | no. | 23,347 | 23,516 | 23,691 | 23,748 | 23,849 |
| Females | no. | 25,967 | 26,251 | 26,192 | 26,068 | 26,033 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 19.3 | 19.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,748.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 60.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 71.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 17,022 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,364 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,880 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 863 | 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. | 542 | 515 | 602 | 605 | 583 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 408 | 422 | 390 | 385 | 414 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
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