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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 2,438 | 2,449 | 2,477 | 2,491 | 2,496 |
| Males | no. | 1,249 | 1,261 | 1,275 | 1,280 | 1,280 |
| Females | no. | 1,189 | 1,188 | 1,202 | 1,211 | 1,216 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 21.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.5 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.5 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 13.9 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.0 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.8 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.0 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 64.9 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 876 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 650 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 255 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 49 | 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. | 38 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 32 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 15.5 | 9.3 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 12.8 |
| Deaths | no. | 28 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 30 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.4 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 12.0 |
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