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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,214 | 6,324 | 6,296 | 6,259 | 6,181 |
| Males | no. | 3,090 | 3,131 | 3,122 | 3,111 | 3,079 |
| Females | no. | 3,124 | 3,193 | 3,174 | 3,148 | 3,102 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 30.3 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 27.9 | 26.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.5 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 20.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,587.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,967 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,613 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 899 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 188 | 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. | 82 | 117 | 100 | 89 | 81 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.1 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
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