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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 8,066 | 8,356 | 8,786 | 8,814 | 8,800 |
| Males | no. | 4,213 | 4,362 | 4,560 | 4,598 | 4,601 |
| Females | no. | 3,853 | 3,994 | 4,226 | 4,216 | 4,199 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.7 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 18.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.9 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 805.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,792 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,199 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 798 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 263 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 102 | 97 | 116 | 121 | 107 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.6 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 12.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 49 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
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