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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,828 | 3,923 | 4,024 | 4,066 | 3,965 |
| Males | no. | 1,924 | 1,994 | 2,038 | 2,076 | 2,018 |
| Females | no. | 1,904 | 1,929 | 1,986 | 1,990 | 1,947 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.5 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.1 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 19.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.0 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,463.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 68.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 76.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,642 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 897 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 305 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 69 | 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. | 35 | 29 | 40 | 39 | 33 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.1 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 23 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 17 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
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