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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,405 | 4,322 | 4,280 | 4,232 | 4,175 |
| Males | no. | 2,329 | 2,268 | 2,257 | 2,234 | 2,206 |
| Females | no. | 2,076 | 2,054 | 2,023 | 1,998 | 1,969 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.3 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 20.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.9 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.3 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 31.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,561 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,135 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 461 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 58 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 79.9 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 20.1 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 53 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 45 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.0 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 10.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 38 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 33 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.6 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
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