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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,948 | 5,124 | 5,360 | 5,483 | 5,534 |
| Males | no. | 2,418 | 2,504 | 2,625 | 2,682 | 2,697 |
| Females | no. | 2,530 | 2,620 | 2,735 | 2,801 | 2,837 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.3 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 26.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.9 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 16.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.6 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 817.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 7.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 43.0 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,681 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,379 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 571 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 251 | 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. | 105 | 109 | 99 | 95 | 83 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 21.2 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 14.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 21 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
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