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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,334 | 3,316 | 3,297 | 3,273 | 3,249 |
| Males | no. | 1,677 | 1,677 | 1,671 | 1,664 | 1,656 |
| Females | no. | 1,657 | 1,639 | 1,626 | 1,609 | 1,593 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.6 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 18.9 | 18.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,190 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 893 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 284 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 90 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 41 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 28 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 8.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 35 | 33 | 43 | 33 | 35 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 10.4 | 9.9 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 10.7 |
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