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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 7,171 | 7,270 | 7,274 | 7,348 | 7,305 |
| Males | no. | 3,521 | 3,569 | 3,558 | 3,602 | 3,579 |
| Females | no. | 3,650 | 3,701 | 3,716 | 3,746 | 3,726 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.9 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.1 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 315.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,781 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,727 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 532 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 259 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 63 | 64 | 88 | 103 | 81 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 8.7 | 8.8 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 |
| Deaths | no. | 97 | 101 | 119 | 96 | 98 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 13.5 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 13.4 |
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