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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 5,093 | 5,094 | 5,069 | 5,043 | 5,071 |
Males | no. | 2,605 | 2,596 | 2,620 | 2,609 | 2,627 |
Females | no. | 2,488 | 2,498 | 2,449 | 2,434 | 2,444 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.7 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 24.7 | 24.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.1 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.5 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 88.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,508 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,174 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 532 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 152 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 75 | 94 | 93 | 105 | 73 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.7 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 20.8 | 14.3 |
Deaths | no. | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
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