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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 9,454 | 9,473 | 9,470 | 9,464 | 9,443 |
| Males | no. | 4,775 | 4,783 | 4,755 | 4,776 | 4,775 |
| Females | no. | 4,679 | 4,690 | 4,715 | 4,688 | 4,668 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 21.2 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.4 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,280 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 2,435 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 923 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 178 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 43.3 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 56.7 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 107 | 103 | 104 | 95 | 106 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 11.2 |
| Deaths | no. | 79 | 105 | 97 | 93 | 113 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.3 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 11.9 |
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