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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 35,298 | 35,603 | 35,833 | 36,063 | 35,952 |
| Males | no. | 16,583 | 16,764 | 16,911 | 17,132 | 17,149 |
| Females | no. | 18,715 | 18,839 | 18,922 | 18,931 | 18,803 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.0 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,610.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 60.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 73.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 12,562 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 8,980 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,851 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 644 | 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. | 375 | 372 | 380 | 393 | 414 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 366 | 357 | 380 | 373 | 401 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
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