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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,570 | 2,647 | 2,745 | 2,778 | 2,791 |
| Males | no. | 1,198 | 1,230 | 1,286 | 1,305 | 1,306 |
| Females | no. | 1,372 | 1,417 | 1,459 | 1,473 | 1,485 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.2 | 20.3 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 18.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.2 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 17.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 19.5 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 17.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 648.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 30.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 59.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 73.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 772 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 659 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 340 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 50 | 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. | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 27 | 33 | 37 | 20 | 51 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 10.5 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 7.1 | 18.2 |
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