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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,390 | 4,395 | 4,442 | 4,456 | 4,467 |
| Males | no. | 2,213 | 2,219 | 2,233 | 2,241 | 2,242 |
| Females | no. | 2,177 | 2,176 | 2,209 | 2,215 | 2,225 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.6 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.0 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 18.4 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 17.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 299.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,372 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,171 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 530 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 144 | 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. | 40 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 55 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 18 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
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