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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Persons | no. | 1,355 | 1,512 | 1,916 | 2,399 | 2,582 |
| Males | no. | 694 | 774 | 977 | 1,225 | 1,329 |
| Females | no. | 661 | 738 | 939 | 1,174 | 1,253 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.8 | 30.2 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.0 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.7 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 17.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.9 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 17.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 274.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 423 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 403 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 249 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 19 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 19 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 50 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 15.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 19.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 3 | na | na | na | 0 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.2 | na | na | na | 0.0 |