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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 9,563 | 9,741 | 10,062 | 10,314 | 10,429 |
| Males | no. | 4,678 | 4,761 | 4,923 | 5,049 | 5,125 |
| Females | no. | 4,885 | 4,980 | 5,139 | 5,265 | 5,304 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.6 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 19.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,727.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,187 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,631 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,073 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 267 | 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. | 98 | 109 | 115 | 118 | 127 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.2 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 36 | 47 | 30 | 39 | 43 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
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