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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 10,368 | 10,380 | 10,448 | 10,500 | 10,579 |
| Males | no. | 5,235 | 5,249 | 5,276 | 5,318 | 5,356 |
| Females | no. | 5,133 | 5,131 | 5,172 | 5,182 | 5,223 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.7 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 21.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 7.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | 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 | 40.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,482 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,670 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,062 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 219 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 93.2 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 6.8 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 113 | 119 | 121 | 117 | 115 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 82 | 93 | 97 | 77 | 84 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.9 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
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