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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,620 | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,473 | 3,430 |
| Males | no. | 1,838 | 1,805 | 1,787 | 1,759 | 1,727 |
| Females | no. | 1,782 | 1,749 | 1,730 | 1,714 | 1,703 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.9 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 20.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,343 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 942 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 334 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 69 | 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. | 27 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 32 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 7.4 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 9.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 52 | 47 | 51 | 42 | 47 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 14.3 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 13.7 |
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