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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 346,651 | 349,015 | 352,185 | 355,117 | 357,978 |
| Males | no. | 172,116 | 173,188 | 174,983 | 176,529 | 178,136 |
| Females | no. | 174,535 | 175,827 | 177,202 | 178,588 | 179,842 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 533.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 125,402 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 94,296 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 34,671 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 12,470 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 98.6 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 1.4 | 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. | 4,674 | 4,548 | 4,548 | 4,705 | 4,488 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 1,982 | 2,065 | 2,063 | 2,148 | 2,224 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 |
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