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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,204 | 3,156 | 3,172 | 3,252 | 3,218 |
| Males | no. | 1,599 | 1,583 | 1,585 | 1,630 | 1,622 |
| Females | no. | 1,605 | 1,573 | 1,587 | 1,622 | 1,596 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.1 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 18.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 12.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,760.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.3 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,110 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 812 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 301 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 174 | 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. | 49 | 41 | 64 | 57 | 48 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.2 | 12.9 | 20.1 | 17.5 | 14.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
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