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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,626 | 4,633 | 4,616 | 4,645 | 4,688 |
| Males | no. | 2,445 | 2,446 | 2,431 | 2,456 | 2,482 |
| Females | no. | 2,181 | 2,187 | 2,185 | 2,189 | 2,206 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.3 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 23.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 30.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,626 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,237 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 477 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 79 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 57.8 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 42.2 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 80 | 60 | 58 | 62 | 71 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 17.2 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 15.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 18 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 26 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
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