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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 11,280 | 11,332 | 11,306 | 11,289 | 11,366 |
| Males | no. | 5,464 | 5,485 | 5,489 | 5,484 | 5,537 |
| Females | no. | 5,816 | 5,847 | 5,817 | 5,805 | 5,829 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 23.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 452.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 4,085 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,798 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,032 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 363 | 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. | 182 | 160 | 148 | 174 | 164 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.1 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 15.4 | 14.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 112 | 106 | 113 | 117 | 114 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.0 |
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