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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 3,812 | 3,795 | 3,770 | 3,643 | 3,553 |
Males | no. | 1,963 | 1,953 | 1,926 | 1,883 | 1,844 |
Females | no. | 1,849 | 1,842 | 1,844 | 1,760 | 1,709 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 19.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.1 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 20.0 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,694.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,214 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,035 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 459 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 97 | 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. | 48 | 45 | 51 | 41 | 54 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.5 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
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