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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 2,997 | 3,015 | 2,990 | 2,955 | 2,907 |
Males | no. | 1,466 | 1,482 | 1,483 | 1,467 | 1,446 |
Females | no. | 1,531 | 1,533 | 1,507 | 1,488 | 1,461 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 17.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.7 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 18.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,037.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 54.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,148 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 781 | 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 | 116 | 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. | 36 | 43 | 35 | 41 | 35 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.0 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 12.0 |
Deaths | no. | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 10 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.4 |
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