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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,349 | 4,353 | 4,350 | 4,363 | 4,371 |
| Males | no. | 2,197 | 2,198 | 2,198 | 2,210 | 2,221 |
| Females | no. | 2,152 | 2,155 | 2,152 | 2,153 | 2,150 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.7 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 21.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 14.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,564 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,147 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 441 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 117 | 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. | 54 | 44 | 46 | 41 | 56 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 12.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 46 | 32 | 31 | 25 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.9 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
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