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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,479 | 4,558 | 4,541 | 4,529 | 4,514 |
| Males | no. | 2,218 | 2,212 | 2,215 | 2,225 | 2,219 |
| Females | no. | 2,261 | 2,346 | 2,326 | 2,304 | 2,295 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.8 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 26.5 | 25.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.4 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 18.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 20.4 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,808.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,493 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,172 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 597 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 156 | 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. | 79 | 73 | 66 | 74 | 76 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 17.6 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 16.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 13 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
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