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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,202 | 4,249 | 4,302 | 4,317 | 4,284 |
| Males | no. | 2,180 | 2,205 | 2,228 | 2,239 | 2,224 |
| Females | no. | 2,022 | 2,044 | 2,074 | 2,078 | 2,060 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.5 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,489 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,142 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 444 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 86 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 60.2 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 51 | 41 | 36 | 50 | 44 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.1 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 27 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 22 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.4 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 5.1 |
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