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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 112,849 | 114,338 | 117,296 | 121,271 | 126,928 |
| Males | no. | 55,754 | 56,387 | 58,399 | 60,351 | 63,210 |
| Females | no. | 57,095 | 57,951 | 58,897 | 60,920 | 63,718 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.5 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 23.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 103.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 38,989 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 31,151 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,822 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,048 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 34.6 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 65.4 | 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. | 1,529 | 1,567 | 1,515 | 1,514 | 1,672 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 657 | 676 | 749 | 747 | 835 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
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