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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 61,106 | 61,871 | 62,472 | 63,106 | 64,061 |
| Males | no. | 30,034 | 30,335 | 30,616 | 30,954 | 31,496 |
| Females | no. | 31,072 | 31,536 | 31,856 | 32,152 | 32,565 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,725.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 64.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 23,917 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 15,571 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,316 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,520 | 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. | 722 | 707 | 652 | 669 | 768 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.8 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 351 | 358 | 389 | 342 | 346 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
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