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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 4,318 | 4,349 | 4,305 | 4,293 | 4,239 |
Males | no. | 2,112 | 2,119 | 2,113 | 2,095 | 2,072 |
Females | no. | 2,206 | 2,230 | 2,192 | 2,198 | 2,167 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 33.4 | 31.9 | 30.8 | 29.8 | 29.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.4 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 21.2 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 20.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
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 | 1,351.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 10.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,325 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,108 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 617 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 145 | 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. | 86 | 65 | 59 | 71 | 59 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 19.9 | 14.9 | 13.7 | 16.5 | 13.9 |
Deaths | no. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
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