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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,370 | 3,381 | 3,385 | 3,397 | 3,485 |
| Males | no. | 1,724 | 1,731 | 1,720 | 1,731 | 1,780 |
| Females | no. | 1,646 | 1,650 | 1,665 | 1,666 | 1,705 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 17.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.4 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 14.8 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.6 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 19.0 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,600.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 31.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 18.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.9 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,147 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 928 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 380 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 88 | 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. | 53 | 56 | 36 | 44 | 59 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.7 | 16.5 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 16.9 |
| Deaths | no. | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
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