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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,711 | 4,793 | 4,893 | 4,957 | 5,031 |
| Males | no. | 2,400 | 2,444 | 2,494 | 2,513 | 2,532 |
| Females | no. | 2,311 | 2,349 | 2,399 | 2,444 | 2,499 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.8 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 22.7 | 22.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 343.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.2 | 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 | 39.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,585 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,128 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 457 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 104 | 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. | 98 | 103 | 89 | 88 | 95 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 20.8 | 21.4 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 18.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 33 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 33 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
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