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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,467 | 2,495 | 2,544 | 2,560 | 2,566 |
| Males | no. | 1,266 | 1,281 | 1,310 | 1,327 | 1,326 |
| Females | no. | 1,201 | 1,214 | 1,234 | 1,233 | 1,240 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.5 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 19.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 14.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.1 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 884 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 685 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 252 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 56 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 15 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 26 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 6.0 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 19 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.7 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 8.1 |
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