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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 5,100 | 5,046 | 5,016 | 4,987 | 4,945 |
| Males | no. | 2,681 | 2,655 | 2,625 | 2,604 | 2,572 |
| Females | no. | 2,419 | 2,391 | 2,391 | 2,383 | 2,373 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.8 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 17.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,954 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,343 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 420 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 108 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 51.6 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 48.4 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 56 | 45 | 58 | 51 | 45 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 9.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 48 | 48 | 66 | 43 | 65 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.4 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 8.6 | 13.1 |
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