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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,542 | 2,510 | 2,483 | 2,466 | 2,441 |
| Males | no. | 1,310 | 1,290 | 1,275 | 1,271 | 1,261 |
| Females | no. | 1,232 | 1,220 | 1,208 | 1,195 | 1,180 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.0 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 20.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 67.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 932 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 680 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 256 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 54 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 25.3 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 74.7 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 19 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 27 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 7.4 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 11.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 17 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
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