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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,609 | 3,599 | 3,602 | 3,577 | 3,543 |
| Males | no. | 1,841 | 1,840 | 1,841 | 1,827 | 1,815 |
| Females | no. | 1,768 | 1,759 | 1,761 | 1,750 | 1,728 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.9 | 24.0 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 23.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,278 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 904 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 354 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 93 | 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 | 78.9 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 21.1 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 52 | 63 | 61 | 50 | 50 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.4 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 29 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 38 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.0 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 10.7 |
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