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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,573 | 3,563 | 3,565 | 3,546 | 3,512 |
| Males | no. | 1,880 | 1,882 | 1,873 | 1,863 | 1,848 |
| Females | no. | 1,693 | 1,681 | 1,692 | 1,683 | 1,664 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 23.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,153 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 990 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 408 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 73 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 51 | 47 | 26 | 44 | 43 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.2 | 13.1 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 25 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 19 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
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