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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,126 | 3,120 | 3,085 | 3,077 | 3,055 |
| Males | no. | 1,547 | 1,543 | 1,532 | 1,548 | 1,535 |
| Females | no. | 1,579 | 1,577 | 1,553 | 1,529 | 1,520 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 32.3 | 31.0 | 30.2 | 28.9 | 27.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 22.2 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 19.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,493.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 921 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 788 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 443 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 128 | 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. | 48 | 41 | 30 | 46 | 27 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.3 | 13.1 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 8.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
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