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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 60,149 | 60,818 | 60,810 | 60,512 | 60,504 |
Males | no. | 29,994 | 30,307 | 30,258 | 30,149 | 30,170 |
Females | no. | 30,155 | 30,511 | 30,552 | 30,363 | 30,334 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.6 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 23.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 140.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 7.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 18,145 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 15,806 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 8,649 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,123 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 90.3 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 9.7 | 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. | 786 | 760 | 774 | 770 | 690 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 11.4 |
Deaths | no. | 205 | 164 | 193 | 165 | 220 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
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