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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,542 | 3,555 | 3,524 | 3,480 | 3,440 |
| Males | no. | 1,746 | 1,755 | 1,758 | 1,708 | 1,691 |
| Females | no. | 1,796 | 1,800 | 1,766 | 1,772 | 1,749 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.7 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 21.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.8 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 22.3 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.3 | 21.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,107.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 57.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 68.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,021 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 959 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 521 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 87 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 27 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 32 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 7.6 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 9.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 3 | na | 7 | 3 | na |
| Crude death rate | rate | 0.8 | na | 1.9 | 0.8 | na |
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