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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,002 | 4,003 | 4,047 | 4,061 | 4,042 |
| Males | no. | 2,063 | 2,065 | 2,083 | 2,088 | 2,064 |
| Females | no. | 1,939 | 1,938 | 1,964 | 1,973 | 1,978 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.8 | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 23.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 29.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,276 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 970 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 403 | 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 | 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. | 82 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 62 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 20.4 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 15.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 26 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 26 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 6.4 |
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