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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,363 | 4,354 | 4,339 | 4,320 | 4,255 |
| Males | no. | 2,194 | 2,189 | 2,183 | 2,179 | 2,150 |
| Females | no. | 2,169 | 2,165 | 2,156 | 2,141 | 2,105 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 19.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 14.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 31.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 48.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,636 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,173 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 407 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 116 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 57 | 56 | 41 | 49 | 56 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.0 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 13.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 52 | 72 | 50 | 52 | 41 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.9 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 9.6 |
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