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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 36,501 | 36,620 | 36,572 | 36,601 | 36,406 |
| Males | no. | 17,075 | 17,086 | 17,151 | 17,166 | 17,141 |
| Females | no. | 19,426 | 19,534 | 19,421 | 19,435 | 19,265 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,550.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 56.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 68.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 14,398 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 8,516 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,087 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 752 | 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. | 366 | 401 | 386 | 398 | 437 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.0 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 12.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 454 | 488 | 519 | 473 | 503 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.4 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.8 |
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