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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,207 | 4,199 | 4,194 | 4,174 | 4,141 |
| Males | no. | 2,314 | 2,307 | 2,295 | 2,266 | 2,242 |
| Females | no. | 1,893 | 1,892 | 1,899 | 1,908 | 1,899 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.1 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 19.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.0 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 17.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 53.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,376 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,063 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 423 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 76 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 79.1 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 20.9 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 37 | 40 | 48 | 43 | 37 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 8.7 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 8.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 13 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
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