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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,689 | 2,694 | 2,670 | 2,659 | 2,656 |
| Males | no. | 1,355 | 1,357 | 1,333 | 1,331 | 1,333 |
| Females | no. | 1,334 | 1,337 | 1,337 | 1,328 | 1,323 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.6 | 26.8 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 24.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 17.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.4 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.1 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 5.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 63.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 850 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 722 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 374 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 44 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 36 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 27 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.3 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 10.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 16 | 3 | na | 8 | 10 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.9 | 1.1 | na | 3.0 | 3.7 |
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