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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 6,210 | 6,378 | 6,434 | 6,464 | 6,505 |
Males | no. | 3,128 | 3,213 | 3,256 | 3,275 | 3,313 |
Females | no. | 3,082 | 3,165 | 3,178 | 3,189 | 3,192 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 34.9 | 34.4 | 34.2 | 34.8 | 35.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 21.1 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 20.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.4 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 92.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 86.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 14.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 33.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 769 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,177 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 521 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 325 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 190 | 211 | 153 | 198 | 164 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 30.5 | 33.0 | 23.7 | 30.6 | 25.2 |
Deaths | no. | 35 | 30 | 29 | 42 | 35 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
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