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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,459 | 3,579 | 3,635 | 3,666 | 3,915 |
| Males | no. | 1,652 | 1,778 | 1,793 | 1,817 | 1,938 |
| Females | no. | 1,807 | 1,801 | 1,842 | 1,849 | 1,977 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.1 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.6 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,464.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 59.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,383 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 955 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 329 | 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. | 43 | 35 | 51 | 45 | 43 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.4 | 9.7 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 17 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
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