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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,019 | 6,099 | 6,076 | 6,021 | 6,031 |
| Males | no. | 3,016 | 3,023 | 3,012 | 2,991 | 3,006 |
| Females | no. | 3,003 | 3,076 | 3,064 | 3,030 | 3,025 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 21.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 11.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.5 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,140 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,599 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 626 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 178 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 40.2 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 59.8 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 77 | 59 | 83 | 61 | 77 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.7 | 9.6 | 13.6 | 10.1 | 12.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 43 | 48 | 37 | 34 | 44 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.1 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 7.2 |
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