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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,456 | 4,487 | 4,478 | 4,493 | 4,615 |
| Males | no. | 2,193 | 2,212 | 2,205 | 2,228 | 2,291 |
| Females | no. | 2,263 | 2,275 | 2,273 | 2,265 | 2,324 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 16.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 97.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,714 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,210 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 438 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 81 | 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. | 64 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 52 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 59 | 50 | 51 | 65 | 44 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 13.2 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 9.5 |
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