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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 3,875 | 3,895 | 3,878 | 3,828 | 3,815 |
| Males | no. | 2,001 | 2,023 | 2,008 | 1,986 | 1,971 |
| Females | no. | 1,874 | 1,872 | 1,870 | 1,842 | 1,844 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.1 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.7 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 14.4 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.0 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.1 | 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 | 1,463 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,048 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 333 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 104 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 39.8 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 60.2 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 41 | 41 | 46 | 43 | 32 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 8.3 |
| Deaths | no. | 44 | 32 | 49 | 32 | 31 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.3 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
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