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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,800 | 3,878 | 3,875 | 3,858 | 3,882 |
| Males | no. | 1,903 | 1,940 | 1,949 | 1,941 | 1,946 |
| Females | no. | 1,897 | 1,938 | 1,926 | 1,917 | 1,936 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.5 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.0 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,269.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,607 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 962 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 315 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 124 | 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. | 67 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 69 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 17.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 17.3 | 17.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 16 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 17 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
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