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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 34,503 | 34,843 | 35,129 | 35,317 | 35,624 |
| Males | no. | 17,058 | 17,209 | 17,377 | 17,447 | 17,608 |
| Females | no. | 17,445 | 17,634 | 17,752 | 17,870 | 18,016 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.3 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.8 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,302.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 12,015 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 9,695 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,217 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,021 | 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. | 534 | 457 | 467 | 450 | 394 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.4 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 11.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 131 | 172 | 130 | 178 | 169 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
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