| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,418 | — |
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| 1800 | 2,514 | +0.56% |
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| 1806 | 2,639 | +0.81% |
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| 1821 | 3,020 | +0.90% |
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| 1831 | 3,053 | +0.11% |
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| 1836 | 3,178 | +0.81% |
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| 1841 | 3,210 | +0.20% |
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| 1846 | 3,416 | +1.25% |
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| 1851 | 3,405 | −0.06% |
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| 1856 | 3,368 | −0.22% |
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| 1861 | 3,883 | +2.89% |
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| 1866 | 3,805 | −0.41% |
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| 1872 | 3,980 | +0.75% |
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| 1876 | 4,148 | +1.04% |
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| 1881 | 4,156 | +0.04% |
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| 1886 | 4,493 | +1.57% |
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| 1891 | 4,748 | +1.11% |
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| 1896 | 5,013 | +1.09% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 5,121 | +0.43% |
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| 1906 | 5,281 | +0.62% |
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| 1911 | 5,731 | +1.65% |
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| 1921 | 5,322 | −0.74% |
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| 1926 | 5,879 | +2.01% |
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| 1931 | 6,190 | +1.04% |
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| 1936 | 6,283 | +0.30% |
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| 1946 | 6,408 | +0.20% |
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| 1954 | 5,676 | −1.50% |
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| 1962 | 5,976 | +0.65% |
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| 1968 | 6,319 | +0.93% |
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| 1975 | 6,127 | −0.44% |
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| 1982 | 7,214 | +2.36% |
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| 1990 | 8,787 | +2.50% |
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| 1999 | 9,719 | +1.13% |
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| 2007 | 9,795 | +0.10% |
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| 2012 | 10,335 | +1.08% |
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| 2017 | 10,428 | +0.18% |
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