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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 98,375 | 98,526 | 99,134 | 100,664 | 102,007 |
Males | no. | 47,917 | 47,933 | 48,328 | 49,057 | 49,728 |
Females | no. | 50,458 | 50,593 | 50,806 | 51,607 | 52,279 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.9 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 127.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 37,125 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 25,673 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 9,107 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,355 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 88.2 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 11.8 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,153 | 1,386 | 1,263 | 1,203 | 1,228 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.7 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
Deaths | no. | 848 | 927 | 842 | 886 | 856 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
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