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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,716 | 3,723 | 3,702 | 3,642 | 3,585 |
| Males | no. | 1,849 | 1,852 | 1,822 | 1,798 | 1,771 |
| Females | no. | 1,867 | 1,871 | 1,880 | 1,844 | 1,814 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 20.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 19.0 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 17.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 19.0 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 17.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,468.1 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 15.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,201 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 985 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 448 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 85 | 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. | 42 | 44 | 53 | 48 | 51 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 14.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 11 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 2.9 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
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