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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,069 | 6,034 | 5,960 | 5,893 | 5,823 |
| Males | no. | 3,039 | 3,024 | 2,998 | 2,969 | 2,922 |
| Females | no. | 3,030 | 3,010 | 2,962 | 2,924 | 2,901 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.6 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | 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 | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,220 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,528 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 558 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 93 | 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. | 63 | 52 | 47 | 68 | 61 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.3 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 72 | 82 | 70 | 70 | 61 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.8 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 10.4 |
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