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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 7,853 | 7,932 | 8,122 | 8,416 | 8,642 |
| Males | no. | 3,781 | 3,821 | 3,915 | 4,066 | 4,209 |
| Females | no. | 4,072 | 4,111 | 4,207 | 4,350 | 4,433 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 23.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,588.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,409 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,977 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 502 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 274 | 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. | 129 | 103 | 122 | 133 | 119 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.4 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 13.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 54 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 41 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
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