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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 9,316 | 9,303 | 9,492 | 9,650 | 9,724 |
| Males | no. | 4,326 | 4,321 | 4,408 | 4,481 | 4,531 |
| Females | no. | 4,990 | 4,982 | 5,084 | 5,169 | 5,193 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.5 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 19.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.9 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3,336.4 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 7.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 54.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 61.2 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 3,978 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,996 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 679 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 185 | 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. | 84 | 105 | 91 | 107 | 104 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.0 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 73 | 76 | 59 | 39 | 61 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 |
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