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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 44,148 | 45,581 | 47,139 | 48,509 | 50,008 |
| Males | no. | 22,103 | 22,796 | 23,534 | 24,232 | 25,043 |
| Females | no. | 22,045 | 22,785 | 23,605 | 24,277 | 24,965 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.9 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 26.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.3 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 302.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 14,017 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,042 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,596 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,621 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 783 | 847 | 811 | 799 | 773 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 17.7 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 169 | 173 | 184 | 163 | 148 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
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