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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,792 | 3,809 | 3,861 | 3,897 | 3,958 |
| Males | no. | 1,917 | 1,924 | 1,948 | 1,964 | 1,989 |
| Females | no. | 1,875 | 1,885 | 1,913 | 1,933 | 1,969 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.4 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,342 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,027 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 357 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 83 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 90.4 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 9.6 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 43 | 45 | 28 | 26 | 43 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 10.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 20 | 22 | 46 | 48 | 49 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.2 | 5.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
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