| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,639 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,599 | −0.35% |
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| 1806 | 1,740 | +1.42% |
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| 1821 | 1,634 | −0.42% |
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| 1831 | 1,633 | −0.01% |
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| 1836 | 1,675 | +0.51% |
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| 1841 | 1,716 | +0.48% |
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| 1846 | 1,761 | +0.52% |
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| 1851 | 1,846 | +0.95% |
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| 1856 | 1,919 | +0.78% |
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| 1861 | 1,912 | −0.07% |
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| 1866 | 2,029 | +1.19% |
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| 1872 | 1,949 | −0.67% |
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| 1876 | 2,464 | +6.04% |
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| 1881 | 2,409 | −0.45% |
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| 1886 | 2,627 | +1.75% |
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| 1891 | 2,701 | +0.56% |
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| 1896 | 2,661 | −0.30% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,808 | +1.08% |
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| 1906 | 3,024 | +1.49% |
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| 1911 | 3,450 | +2.67% |
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| 1921 | 4,555 | +2.82% |
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| 1926 | 5,962 | +5.53% |
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| 1931 | 7,264 | +4.03% |
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| 1936 | 7,878 | +1.64% |
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| 1946 | 8,029 | +0.19% |
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| 1954 | 10,118 | +2.93% |
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| 1962 | 16,326 | +6.16% |
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| 1968 | 23,343 | +6.14% |
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| 1975 | 28,716 | +3.00% |
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| 1982 | 28,369 | −0.17% |
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| 1990 | 28,395 | +0.01% |
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| 1999 | 28,965 | +0.22% |
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| 2007 | 30,149 | +0.50% |
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| 2012 | 30,268 | +0.08% |
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| 2017 | 35,514 | +3.25% |
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