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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 8,329 | 8,529 | 8,549 | 8,630 | 8,714 |
Males | no. | 4,309 | 4,418 | 4,428 | 4,472 | 4,508 |
Females | no. | 4,020 | 4,111 | 4,121 | 4,158 | 4,206 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.7 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 14.3 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 16.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 5.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.3 | 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 | 47.5 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,119 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,304 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 757 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 238 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 59.3 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 40.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 103 | 88 | 90 | 107 | 93 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 10.6 |
Deaths | no. | 43 | 52 | 60 | 61 | 65 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
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