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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 4,068 | 4,187 | 4,263 | 4,311 | 4,356 |
Males | no. | 1,972 | 2,025 | 2,071 | 2,112 | 2,125 |
Females | no. | 2,096 | 2,162 | 2,192 | 2,199 | 2,231 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 13.1 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.0 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 20.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 795.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 16.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 59.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,711 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 918 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 263 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 122 | 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. | 35 | 41 | 53 | 48 | 45 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 8.6 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.3 |
Deaths | no. | 46 | 48 | 72 | 60 | 46 |
Crude death rate | rate | 11.3 | 11.4 | 16.8 | 13.9 | 10.5 |
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