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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,496 | 4,561 | 4,764 | 5,037 | 5,089 |
| Males | no. | 2,247 | 2,274 | 2,381 | 2,507 | 2,537 |
| Females | no. | 2,249 | 2,287 | 2,383 | 2,530 | 2,552 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 33.0 | 33.0 | 32.7 | 32.0 | 31.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.9 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 19.0 | 17.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 20.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,121.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,359 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,157 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 675 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 137 | 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. | 106 | 88 | 85 | 78 | 83 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 23.5 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 16.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 8 | na | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.7 | na | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
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