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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 57,724 | 58,678 | 60,078 | 61,082 | 62,676 |
| Males | no. | 30,000 | 30,640 | 31,322 | 31,892 | 32,769 |
| Females | no. | 27,724 | 28,038 | 28,756 | 29,190 | 29,907 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,936.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 52.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 65.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 16,386 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 13,220 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,339 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,243 | 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. | 972 | 967 | 1,040 | 1,021 | 1,102 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.8 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 325 | 312 | 347 | 313 | 317 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
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