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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,793 | 3,792 | 3,793 | 3,773 | 3,757 |
| Males | no. | 1,948 | 1,951 | 1,946 | 1,930 | 1,925 |
| Females | no. | 1,845 | 1,841 | 1,847 | 1,843 | 1,832 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,375 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 996 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 386 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 67 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 63.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 37.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 55 | 57 | 67 | 56 | 62 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.5 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 14.8 | 16.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 37 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 27 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.7 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.1 |
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