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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 10,266 | 10,383 | 10,526 | 10,614 | 10,592 |
| Males | no. | 5,214 | 5,261 | 5,332 | 5,382 | 5,384 |
| Females | no. | 5,052 | 5,122 | 5,194 | 5,232 | 5,208 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.2 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,700 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,702 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,002 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 222 | 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. | 107 | 148 | 129 | 115 | 121 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.4 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 11.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 117 | 85 | 82 | 98 | 79 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 |
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