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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 67,391 | 67,802 | 67,623 | 67,365 | 67,162 |
| Males | no. | 32,444 | 32,517 | 32,538 | 32,461 | 32,373 |
| Females | no. | 34,947 | 35,285 | 35,085 | 34,904 | 34,789 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 16.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3,123.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 24.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 25,735 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 16,138 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,164 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,637 | 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. | 920 | 898 | 939 | 843 | 887 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 537 | 515 | 514 | 493 | 472 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
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