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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 5,514 | 5,514 | 5,481 | 5,450 | 5,412 |
Males | no. | 2,733 | 2,728 | 2,715 | 2,723 | 2,702 |
Females | no. | 2,781 | 2,786 | 2,766 | 2,727 | 2,710 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.4 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.4 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.1 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,963.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 22.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,801 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,365 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 649 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 189 | 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. | 60 | 63 | 53 | 65 | 57 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.8 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 10.5 |
Deaths | no. | 8 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 15 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
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