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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,175 | 3,425 | 4,148 | 4,923 | 5,900 |
| Males | no. | 1,594 | 1,715 | 2,088 | 2,490 | 2,993 |
| Females | no. | 1,581 | 1,710 | 2,060 | 2,433 | 2,907 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.6 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 25.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.9 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 18.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.7 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,159.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 16.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,030 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 894 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 452 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 74 | 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. | 53 | 42 | 74 | 83 | 83 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 16.6 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 16.8 | 14.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 15 | 23 | 24 | 40 | 28 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 4.7 |
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