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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 1,619,280 | 1,650,422 | 1,690,541 | 1,735,181 | 1,777,667 |
Males | no. | 798,474 | 813,099 | 834,649 | 857,660 | 880,319 |
Females | no. | 820,806 | 837,323 | 855,892 | 877,521 | 897,348 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.7 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 379.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 584,684 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 427,703 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 165,075 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 49,762 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 93.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 6.8 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 21,558 | 22,037 | 22,321 | 22,685 | 23,841 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.4 |
Deaths | no. | 9,629 | 9,821 | 10,162 | 10,033 | 10,431 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
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