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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 45,003 | 45,838 | 47,118 | 48,924 | 50,542 |
| Males | no. | 22,394 | 22,797 | 23,438 | 24,403 | 25,265 |
| Females | no. | 22,609 | 23,041 | 23,680 | 24,521 | 25,277 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.8 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 23.9 | 23.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 170.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 15,782 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 12,224 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,692 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,918 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 95.2 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 4.8 | 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. | 675 | 645 | 658 | 682 | 755 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 229 | 245 | 280 | 292 | 272 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
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