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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,584 | 3,585 | 3,639 | 3,573 | 3,570 |
| Males | no. | 1,794 | 1,799 | 1,826 | 1,802 | 1,796 |
| Females | no. | 1,790 | 1,786 | 1,813 | 1,771 | 1,774 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 35.4 | 35.7 | 34.0 | 34.3 | 34.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.0 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 18.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 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 | 1,959.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,017 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 824 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 353 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 234 | 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. | 90 | 107 | 87 | 83 | 76 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 25.1 | 29.8 | 23.9 | 23.2 | 21.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 10 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
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