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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 140,449 | 146,045 | 150,430 | 154,388 | 157,551 |
| Males | no. | 70,063 | 72,779 | 75,045 | 77,104 | 78,690 |
| Females | no. | 70,386 | 73,266 | 75,385 | 77,284 | 78,861 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.8 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 394.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 56.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 43,007 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 38,594 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 18,618 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,119 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 92.4 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 7.6 | 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. | 1,561 | 1,637 | 1,770 | 1,896 | 1,922 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 465 | 513 | 531 | 535 | 579 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
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