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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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Persons | no. | 3,579 | 3,588 | 3,574 | 3,580 | 3,565 |
Males | no. | 1,724 | 1,722 | 1,696 | 1,696 | 1,694 |
Females | no. | 1,855 | 1,866 | 1,878 | 1,884 | 1,871 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.5 | 26.5 | 26.0 | 24.3 | 23.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.6 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 20.5 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 19.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,227.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,173 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 910 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 456 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 121 | 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. | 55 | 69 | 51 | 56 | 40 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.3 | 19.2 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 11.2 |
Deaths | no. | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
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