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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 90,535 | 90,875 | 90,585 | 90,410 | 89,829 |
Males | no. | 44,755 | 44,797 | 44,726 | 44,680 | 44,473 |
Females | no. | 45,780 | 46,078 | 45,859 | 45,730 | 45,356 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.0 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 24.9 | 24.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.7 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.5 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 16.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 561.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 28,744 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 23,624 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,783 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,100 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 99.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.1 | 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. | 1,351 | 1,242 | 1,241 | 1,146 | 1,151 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
Deaths | no. | 170 | 177 | 200 | 208 | 205 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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