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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 4,202 | 4,248 | 4,470 | 4,471 | 4,495 |
Males | no. | 2,123 | 2,146 | 2,255 | 2,225 | 2,233 |
Females | no. | 2,079 | 2,102 | 2,215 | 2,246 | 2,262 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 23.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 8.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.2 | 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 | 40.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,373 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,126 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 467 | 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 | 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. | 48 | 54 | 94 | 42 | 48 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.4 | 12.7 | 21.0 | 9.3 | 10.6 |
Deaths | no. | 10 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 17 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
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