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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,166 | 6,129 | 6,091 | 6,063 | 6,071 |
| Males | no. | 3,182 | 3,162 | 3,130 | 3,119 | 3,131 |
| Females | no. | 2,984 | 2,967 | 2,961 | 2,944 | 2,940 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.1 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 15.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.8 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.8 | 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 | 2,123 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,637 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 711 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 109 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 59 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 58 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 42 | 49 | 41 | 50 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.2 |
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