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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 46,621 | 46,819 | 46,983 | 47,111 | 47,120 |
| Males | no. | 22,608 | 22,675 | 22,789 | 22,854 | 22,886 |
| Females | no. | 24,013 | 24,144 | 24,194 | 24,257 | 24,234 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,936.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 30.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 17,704 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,712 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,399 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,239 | 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. | 518 | 505 | 498 | 474 | 479 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 379 | 388 | 377 | 362 | 369 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
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