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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Persons | no. | 1,941 | 1,961 | 1,950 | 1,984 | 2,019 |
| Males | no. | 1,014 | 1,025 | 1,021 | 1,044 | 1,067 |
| Females | no. | 927 | 936 | 929 | 940 | 952 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.9 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.8 | 23.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.3 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 21.0 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 19.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 15.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.6 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 555.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 16.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 592 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 450 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 155 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 71 | 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. | 37 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 38 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 19.0 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 18.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 9 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 8 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.6 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 |