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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 5,272 | 5,345 | 5,329 | 5,313 | 5,369 |
| Males | no. | 2,743 | 2,782 | 2,766 | 2,739 | 2,770 |
| Females | no. | 2,529 | 2,563 | 2,563 | 2,574 | 2,599 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.3 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 22.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 16.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,848 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,375 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 502 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 178 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 11.4 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 88.6 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 54 | 43 | 42 | 47 | 52 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 28 | 29 | 26 | 38 | 31 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
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