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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 33,543 | 33,745 | 33,943 | 33,974 | 34,020 |
| Males | no. | 15,911 | 15,973 | 16,082 | 16,168 | 16,273 |
| Females | no. | 17,632 | 17,772 | 17,861 | 17,806 | 17,747 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,254.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 19.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 14,518 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 7,805 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,385 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 758 | 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. | 353 | 339 | 372 | 341 | 339 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 433 | 422 | 472 | 428 | 411 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.9 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 |
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