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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 7,886 | 7,992 | 8,132 | 8,175 | 8,242 |
| Males | no. | 3,831 | 3,898 | 3,968 | 3,993 | 4,035 |
| Females | no. | 4,055 | 4,094 | 4,164 | 4,182 | 4,207 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 17.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.6 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 13.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,852.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 32.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 24.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,688 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,073 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 737 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 207 | 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. | 69 | 77 | 69 | 67 | 84 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 38 | 47 | 37 | 38 | 31 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
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