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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,855 | 2,888 | 2,886 | 2,913 | 2,944 |
| Males | no. | 1,430 | 1,462 | 1,456 | 1,466 | 1,473 |
| Females | no. | 1,425 | 1,426 | 1,430 | 1,447 | 1,471 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 22.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 30.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,069 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 742 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 291 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 66 | 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. | 47 | 34 | 45 | 32 | 50 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.4 | 11.7 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 16.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 22 | 23 | 41 | 28 | 29 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.7 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
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