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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 5,115 | 5,222 | 5,511 | 5,860 | 6,442 |
| Males | no. | 2,597 | 2,650 | 2,804 | 2,978 | 3,263 |
| Females | no. | 2,518 | 2,572 | 2,707 | 2,882 | 3,179 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 17.5 | 17.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 55.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,534 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,358 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 739 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 87 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 49 | 64 | 75 | 71 | 88 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 13.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 12 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 24 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
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