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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 4,635 | 4,691 | 4,693 | 4,676 | 4,713 |
Males | no. | 2,353 | 2,382 | 2,380 | 2,354 | 2,370 |
Females | no. | 2,282 | 2,309 | 2,313 | 2,322 | 2,343 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.5 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 21.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.6 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.8 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,570 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,245 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 478 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 114 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 67.1 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 32.9 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 44 | 44 | 51 | 47 | 42 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.4 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 8.9 |
Deaths | no. | 15 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
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