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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,341 | 6,317 | 6,330 | 6,323 | 6,346 |
| Males | no. | 3,327 | 3,303 | 3,340 | 3,341 | 3,346 |
| Females | no. | 3,014 | 3,014 | 2,990 | 2,982 | 3,000 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 32.2 | 32.6 | 32.0 | 31.2 | 30.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 19.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 72.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 62.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,162 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,171 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 562 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 170 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 24.2 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 75.8 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 153 | 163 | 157 | 155 | 126 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 24.1 | 25.8 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 19.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 35 | 48 | 25 | 34 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.1 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
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