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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,052 | 5,862 | 5,887 | 5,861 | 5,848 |
| Males | no. | 3,169 | 3,050 | 3,090 | 3,061 | 3,055 |
| Females | no. | 2,883 | 2,812 | 2,797 | 2,800 | 2,793 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 30.6 | 29.9 | 29.1 | 29.0 | 28.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.8 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.1 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 62.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,317 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,160 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 525 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 182 | 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 | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 133 | 132 | 128 | 144 | 125 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 21.9 | 22.5 | 21.7 | 24.5 | 21.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 35 | 38 | 49 | 41 | 34 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.7 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
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