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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,861 | 4,935 | 5,028 | 5,060 | 5,144 |
| Males | no. | 2,366 | 2,422 | 2,457 | 2,485 | 2,545 |
| Females | no. | 2,495 | 2,513 | 2,571 | 2,575 | 2,599 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.2 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 19.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 16.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,117.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | 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 | 5.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 65.5 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,097 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,278 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 403 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 112 | 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. | 66 | 69 | 80 | 82 | 72 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 13.5 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 13.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 28 | 31 | 33 | 23 | 31 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
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