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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,021 | 4,031 | 4,079 | 4,096 | 4,122 |
| Males | no. | 1,897 | 1,899 | 1,930 | 1,940 | 1,953 |
| Females | no. | 2,124 | 2,132 | 2,149 | 2,156 | 2,169 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.3 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.7 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 18.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 10.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.1 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.0 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,583.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,438 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 908 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 349 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 89 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 39 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 31 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 7.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 64 | 50 | 76 | 66 | 84 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 15.9 | 12.4 | 18.6 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
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