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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,480 | 4,608 | 4,891 | 5,094 | 5,271 |
| Males | no. | 2,212 | 2,274 | 2,421 | 2,527 | 2,621 |
| Females | no. | 2,268 | 2,334 | 2,470 | 2,567 | 2,650 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.5 | 24.7 | 23.9 | 24.2 | 24.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 17.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.9 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 722.7 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 56.0 | 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 | 1,387 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,266 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 670 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 84 | 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. | 56 | 53 | 56 | 61 | 54 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 12.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 9 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
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