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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,892 | 5,085 | 5,275 | 5,425 | 5,563 |
| Males | no. | 2,487 | 2,583 | 2,677 | 2,743 | 2,803 |
| Females | no. | 2,405 | 2,502 | 2,598 | 2,682 | 2,760 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 26.3 | 26.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.1 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 8.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,605 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,390 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 662 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 100 | 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. | 81 | 94 | 72 | 80 | 90 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.5 | 18.4 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 16.1 |
| Deaths | no. | 7 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 24 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.4 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
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