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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 7,801 | 7,896 | 7,978 | 8,023 | 7,956 |
| Males | no. | 3,869 | 3,908 | 3,951 | 3,987 | 3,971 |
| Females | no. | 3,932 | 3,988 | 4,027 | 4,036 | 3,985 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.4 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,057.8 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 41.1 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,975 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,964 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 614 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 400 | 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. | 87 | 116 | 93 | 100 | 140 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 14.6 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 17.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 64 | 86 | 96 | 77 | 63 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 8.2 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 7.9 |
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