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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 41,119 | 42,046 | 42,958 | 44,315 | 45,393 |
| Males | no. | 20,906 | 21,369 | 21,762 | 22,448 | 22,967 |
| Females | no. | 20,213 | 20,677 | 21,196 | 21,867 | 22,426 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.5 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.6 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 6.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 13,793 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 10,615 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,438 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,101 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 97.6 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 504 | 539 | 579 | 572 | 575 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 249 | 266 | 240 | 260 | 280 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
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