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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,342 | 3,320 | 3,307 | 3,300 | 3,277 |
| Males | no. | 1,744 | 1,736 | 1,724 | 1,710 | 1,691 |
| Females | no. | 1,598 | 1,584 | 1,583 | 1,590 | 1,586 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 21.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,200 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 864 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 341 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 75 | 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 | 70.2 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 29.8 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 69 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 40 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 20.6 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 12.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 29 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
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