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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,976 | 5,006 | 5,089 | 5,121 | 5,173 |
| Males | no. | 2,584 | 2,597 | 2,639 | 2,661 | 2,688 |
| Females | no. | 2,392 | 2,409 | 2,450 | 2,460 | 2,485 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 21.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.3 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.2 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 67.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,660 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,370 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 553 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 66 | 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. | 57 | 52 | 60 | 46 | 49 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.4 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| Deaths | no. | 39 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 37 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
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