| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1793 | 416 | — |
|---|
| 1800 | 376 | −1.43% |
|---|
| 1806 | 391 | +0.65% |
|---|
| 1821 | 489 | +1.50% |
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| 1831 | 547 | +1.13% |
|---|
| 1836 | 498 | −1.86% |
|---|
| 1841 | 585 | +3.27% |
|---|
| 1846 | 858 | +7.96% |
|---|
| 1851 | 669 | −4.85% |
|---|
| 1856 | 734 | +1.87% |
|---|
| 1861 | 918 | +4.58% |
|---|
| 1866 | 1,057 | +2.86% |
|---|
| 1872 | 1,170 | +1.71% |
|---|
| 1876 | 1,040 | −2.90% |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,250 | +3.75% |
|---|
| 1886 | 1,318 | +1.07% |
|---|
| 1891 | 1,520 | +2.89% |
|---|
| 1896 | 2,129 | +6.97% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 2,324 | +1.77% |
|---|
| 1906 | 2,487 | +1.36% |
|---|
| 1911 | 2,975 | +3.65% |
|---|
| 1921 | 5,065 | +5.47% |
|---|
| 1926 | 5,161 | +0.38% |
|---|
| 1931 | 5,922 | +2.79% |
|---|
| 1936 | 6,594 | +2.17% |
|---|
| 1946 | 7,310 | +1.04% |
|---|
| 1954 | 8,325 | +1.64% |
|---|
| 1962 | 9,943 | +2.24% |
|---|
| 1968 | 10,544 | +0.98% |
|---|
| 1975 | 15,585 | +5.74% |
|---|
| 1982 | 20,414 | +3.93% |
|---|
| 1990 | 21,602 | +0.71% |
|---|
| 1999 | 22,526 | +0.47% |
|---|
| 2007 | 25,257 | +1.44% |
|---|
| 2012 | 25,064 | −0.15% |
|---|
| 2017 | 26,470 | +1.10% |
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