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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,720 | 4,786 | 4,858 | 4,901 | 4,938 |
| Males | no. | 2,410 | 2,446 | 2,477 | 2,502 | 2,517 |
| Females | no. | 2,310 | 2,340 | 2,381 | 2,399 | 2,421 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 9.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | 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 | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,614 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,210 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 481 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 147 | 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. | 52 | 67 | 71 | 57 | 66 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.0 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 11.6 | 13.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 37 | 41 | 36 | 38 | 35 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
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