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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 46,568 | 46,928 | 46,910 | 46,928 | 47,064 |
| Males | no. | 22,743 | 22,886 | 22,859 | 22,889 | 22,937 |
| Females | no. | 23,825 | 24,042 | 24,051 | 24,039 | 24,127 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.6 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,138.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 34.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 16,640 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,355 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,110 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,172 | 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. | 638 | 661 | 660 | 642 | 659 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 14.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 409 | 393 | 448 | 414 | 431 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
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