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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,731 | 3,641 | 3,593 | 3,539 | 3,493 |
| Males | no. | 1,936 | 1,893 | 1,856 | 1,827 | 1,794 |
| Females | no. | 1,795 | 1,748 | 1,737 | 1,712 | 1,699 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 20.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 68.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,392 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 937 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 359 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 44 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 38 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 33 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 9.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 34 | 56 | 42 | 48 | 43 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.1 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
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