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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 8,410 | 8,311 | 8,210 | 8,107 | 7,998 |
| Males | no. | 4,241 | 4,190 | 4,144 | 4,097 | 4,027 |
| Females | no. | 4,169 | 4,121 | 4,066 | 4,010 | 3,971 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.4 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,042 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,123 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 801 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 123 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 80.8 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 19.2 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 94 | 78 | 71 | 87 | 82 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 101 | 111 | 102 | 90 | 81 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 12.0 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
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