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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,885 | 2,972 | 3,271 | 3,441 | 3,829 |
| Males | no. | 1,554 | 1,597 | 1,744 | 1,841 | 2,046 |
| Females | no. | 1,331 | 1,375 | 1,527 | 1,600 | 1,783 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 20.6 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 21.2 | 22.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.9 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 23.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,932.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 37.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 26.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 56.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,135 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 495 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 107 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 43 | 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. | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 25 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 13 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 15 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 3.9 |
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