| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,241 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,235 | −0.07% |
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| 1806 | 1,278 | +0.57% |
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| 1821 | 1,460 | +0.89% |
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| 1831 | 1,578 | +0.78% |
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| 1836 | 1,440 | −1.81% |
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| 1841 | 1,585 | +1.94% |
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| 1846 | 1,598 | +0.16% |
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| 1851 | 1,555 | −0.54% |
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| 1856 | 1,557 | +0.03% |
|---|
| 1861 | 1,548 | −0.12% |
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| 1866 | 1,519 | −0.38% |
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| 1872 | 1,613 | +1.01% |
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| 1876 | 1,618 | +0.08% |
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| 1881 | 1,731 | +1.36% |
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| 1886 | 1,813 | +0.93% |
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| 1891 | 1,773 | −0.45% |
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| 1896 | 2,132 | +3.76% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,048 | −0.80% |
|---|
| 1906 | 2,209 | +1.53% |
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| 1911 | 2,458 | +2.16% |
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| 1921 | 4,120 | +5.30% |
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| 1926 | 6,264 | +8.74% |
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| 1931 | 7,683 | +4.17% |
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| 1936 | 8,942 | +3.08% |
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| 1946 | 9,857 | +0.98% |
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| 1954 | 13,565 | +4.07% |
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| 1962 | 18,727 | +4.11% |
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| 1968 | 25,611 | +5.36% |
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| 1975 | 31,963 | +3.22% |
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| 1982 | 31,650 | −0.14% |
|---|
| 1990 | 27,658 | −1.67% |
|---|
| 1999 | 26,679 | −0.40% |
|---|
| 2007 | 26,162 | −0.24% |
|---|
| 2012 | 24,563 | −1.25% |
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| 2017 | 25,698 | +0.91% |
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