| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 721 | — |
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| 1800 | 836 | +2.14% |
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| 1806 | 857 | +0.41% |
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| 1821 | 768 | −0.73% |
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| 1831 | 1,064 | +3.31% |
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| 1836 | 905 | −3.19% |
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| 1841 | 952 | +1.02% |
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| 1846 | 1,025 | +1.49% |
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| 1851 | 982 | −0.85% |
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| 1856 | 950 | −0.66% |
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| 1861 | 1,124 | +3.42% |
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| 1866 | 1,140 | +0.28% |
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| 1872 | 1,003 | −2.11% |
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| 1876 | 997 | −0.15% |
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| 1881 | 1,010 | +0.26% |
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| 1886 | 1,229 | +4.00% |
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| 1891 | 1,241 | +0.19% |
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| 1896 | 1,188 | −0.87% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 1,606 | +6.21% |
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| 1906 | 2,009 | +4.58% |
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| 1911 | 2,069 | +0.59% |
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| 1921 | 2,619 | +2.39% |
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| 1926 | 4,059 | +9.16% |
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| 1931 | 5,536 | +6.40% |
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| 1936 | 6,196 | +2.28% |
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| 1946 | 5,660 | −0.90% |
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| 1954 | 8,271 | +4.86% |
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| 1962 | 12,019 | +4.78% |
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| 1968 | 21,063 | +9.80% |
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| 1975 | 23,237 | +1.41% |
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| 1982 | 22,926 | −0.19% |
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| 1990 | 25,556 | +1.37% |
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| 1999 | 24,121 | −0.64% |
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| 2007 | 25,824 | +0.86% |
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| 2012 | 26,051 | +0.18% |
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| 2017 | 26,783 | +0.56% |
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