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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,173 | 4,229 | 4,265 | 4,289 | 4,346 |
| Males | no. | 2,171 | 2,198 | 2,212 | 2,222 | 2,243 |
| Females | no. | 2,002 | 2,031 | 2,053 | 2,067 | 2,103 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 22.1 | 22.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.6 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.1 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 32.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,522 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,100 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 374 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 98 | 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. | 51 | 55 | 43 | 40 | 49 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 11.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 33 | 39 | 30 | 46 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 9.3 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 10.5 |
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