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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,263 | 4,354 | 4,389 | 4,400 | 4,436 |
| Males | no. | 2,212 | 2,258 | 2,270 | 2,282 | 2,296 |
| Females | no. | 2,051 | 2,096 | 2,119 | 2,118 | 2,140 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.0 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,383 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,068 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 403 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 109 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 58.3 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 40 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.3 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 22 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 30 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.7 |
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