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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,543 | 2,542 | 2,551 | 2,588 | 2,718 |
| Males | no. | 1,233 | 1,231 | 1,246 | 1,265 | 1,346 |
| Females | no. | 1,310 | 1,311 | 1,305 | 1,323 | 1,372 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 23.2 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 21.4 | 21.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3,025.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 14.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,211 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 553 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 126 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 92 | 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. | 37 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 45 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 14.5 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 16.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 10 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.9 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 7.7 |
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