| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1793 | 417 | — |
|---|
| 1800 | 433 | +0.54% |
|---|
| 1806 | 440 | +0.27% |
|---|
| 1821 | 516 | +1.07% |
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| 1831 | 668 | +2.62% |
|---|
| 1836 | 647 | −0.64% |
|---|
| 1841 | 614 | −1.04% |
|---|
| 1846 | 670 | +1.76% |
|---|
| 1851 | 684 | +0.41% |
|---|
| 1856 | 764 | +2.24% |
|---|
| 1861 | 860 | +2.40% |
|---|
| 1866 | 983 | +2.71% |
|---|
| 1872 | 1,180 | +3.09% |
|---|
| 1876 | 1,332 | +3.08% |
|---|
| 1881 | 2,033 | +8.82% |
|---|
| 1886 | 3,141 | +9.09% |
|---|
| 1891 | 3,725 | +3.47% |
|---|
| 1896 | 4,901 | +5.64% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 6,104 | +4.49% |
|---|
| 1906 | 8,191 | +6.06% |
|---|
| 1911 | 8,959 | +1.81% |
|---|
| 1921 | 10,872 | +1.95% |
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| 1926 | 13,650 | +4.66% |
|---|
| 1931 | 17,199 | +4.73% |
|---|
| 1936 | 18,523 | +1.49% |
|---|
| 1946 | 18,641 | +0.06% |
|---|
| 1954 | 21,522 | +1.81% |
|---|
| 1962 | 24,540 | +1.65% |
|---|
| 1968 | 28,756 | +2.68% |
|---|
| 1975 | 28,727 | −0.01% |
|---|
| 1982 | 27,571 | −0.59% |
|---|
| 1990 | 26,863 | −0.32% |
|---|
| 1999 | 26,995 | +0.05% |
|---|
| 2007 | 28,283 | +0.58% |
|---|
| 2012 | 28,664 | +0.27% |
|---|
| 2017 | 29,964 | +0.89% |
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