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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,956 | 4,239 | 4,404 | 4,683 | 4,907 |
| Males | no. | 1,934 | 2,068 | 2,138 | 2,264 | 2,362 |
| Females | no. | 2,022 | 2,171 | 2,266 | 2,419 | 2,545 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.0 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 22.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.2 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.3 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 16.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 393.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,297 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,159 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 599 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 55 | 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. | 73 | 60 | 84 | 58 | 76 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 18.4 | 14.1 | 19.0 | 12.3 | 15.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 13 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
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