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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,692 | 6,706 | 6,772 | 6,784 | 6,754 |
| Males | no. | 3,396 | 3,407 | 3,443 | 3,466 | 3,458 |
| Females | no. | 3,296 | 3,299 | 3,329 | 3,318 | 3,296 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 21.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.0 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 17.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 19.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,170 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,834 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 821 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 112 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 16.8 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 83.2 | 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. | 73 | 75 | 55 | 73 | 70 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 32 | 36 | 33 | 45 | 27 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 3.9 |
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