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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,425 | 3,103 | 4,578 | 6,297 | 8,276 |
| Males | no. | 1,235 | 1,569 | 2,319 | 3,175 | 4,168 |
| Females | no. | 1,190 | 1,534 | 2,259 | 3,122 | 4,108 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.8 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 25.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.2 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.8 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 21.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.2 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 193.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,007 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 897 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 430 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 59 | 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. | 40 | 44 | 79 | 114 | 161 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.4 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 19.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
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