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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,190 | 2,684 | 3,391 | 4,165 | 4,898 |
| Males | no. | 1,089 | 1,325 | 1,687 | 2,086 | 2,466 |
| Females | no. | 1,101 | 1,359 | 1,704 | 2,079 | 2,432 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.9 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 23.7 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.9 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 27.3 | 26.7 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 23.9 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 16.1 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,332.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.7 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 922 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 753 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 366 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 68 | 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. | 65 | 67 | 67 | 89 | 116 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 29.6 | 24.9 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 23.6 |
| Deaths | no. | na | na | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Crude death rate | rate | na | na | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
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