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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 8,683 | 8,955 | 9,247 | 9,493 | 9,785 |
| Males | no. | 4,435 | 4,564 | 4,700 | 4,801 | 4,945 |
| Females | no. | 4,248 | 4,391 | 4,547 | 4,692 | 4,840 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.4 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 25.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 18.6 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,876 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,410 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,097 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 207 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 135 | 125 | 120 | 145 | 144 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.5 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 15.2 | 14.7 |
| Deaths | no. | 19 | 28 | 19 | 34 | 44 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
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