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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 4,740 | 4,750 | 4,712 | 4,666 | 4,473 |
Males | no. | 2,298 | 2,295 | 2,291 | 2,251 | 2,148 |
Females | no. | 2,442 | 2,455 | 2,421 | 2,415 | 2,325 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.4 | 24.4 | 23.9 | 22.9 | 22.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.1 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 341.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,547 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,083 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 427 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 119 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 79 | 67 | 61 | 62 | 58 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.6 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.9 |
Deaths | no. | 52 | 53 | 46 | 61 | 46 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.9 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 13.0 | 10.2 |
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