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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 10,321 | 10,309 | 10,189 | 9,990 | 9,854 |
| Males | no. | 5,329 | 5,324 | 5,236 | 5,113 | 5,038 |
| Females | no. | 4,992 | 4,985 | 4,953 | 4,877 | 4,816 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.1 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.0 | 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 | 35.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,463 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,578 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,093 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 248 | 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 | 84.3 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 15.7 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 196 | 155 | 141 | 149 | 117 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 18.9 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 11.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 57 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 58 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
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