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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,176 | 4,460 | 4,867 | 5,507 | 6,172 |
| Males | no. | 2,130 | 2,247 | 2,506 | 2,797 | 3,116 |
| Females | no. | 2,046 | 2,213 | 2,361 | 2,710 | 3,056 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 24.8 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 25.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 22.3 | 21.6 | 23.2 | 24.5 | 25.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.3 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,392.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 59.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,882 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 748 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 151 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 112 | 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. | 29 | 46 | 36 | 42 | 30 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 6.9 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 4.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 47 | 35 | 34 | 49 | 47 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 |
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