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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,689 | 6,764 | 6,771 | 6,765 | 6,763 |
| Males | no. | 3,343 | 3,372 | 3,378 | 3,380 | 3,380 |
| Females | no. | 3,346 | 3,392 | 3,393 | 3,385 | 3,383 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.1 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 20.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 19.6 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 19.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.5 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.2 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,001.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,191 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,675 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 643 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 214 | 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. | 80 | 89 | 91 | 73 | 64 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 21 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
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