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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,958 | 3,017 | 3,027 | 3,013 | 2,974 |
| Males | no. | 1,476 | 1,478 | 1,481 | 1,489 | 1,466 |
| Females | no. | 1,482 | 1,539 | 1,546 | 1,524 | 1,508 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 19.3 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 414.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 69.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 77.6 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,142 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 806 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 257 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 87 | 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 | 29 | 19 | 29 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 5.7 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 9.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 20 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.7 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.7 |
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