| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,856 | — |
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| 1800 | 4,050 | +5.12% |
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| 1806 | 3,765 | −1.21% |
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| 1821 | 4,058 | +0.50% |
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| 1831 | 4,452 | +0.93% |
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| 1836 | 4,295 | −0.72% |
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| 1841 | 4,461 | +0.76% |
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| 1846 | 4,580 | +0.53% |
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| 1851 | 4,526 | −0.24% |
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| 1856 | 4,399 | −0.57% |
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| 1861 | 4,355 | −0.20% |
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| 1866 | 4,333 | −0.10% |
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| 1872 | 3,436 | −3.79% |
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| 1876 | 3,328 | −0.80% |
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| 1881 | 3,121 | −1.28% |
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| 1886 | 3,375 | +1.58% |
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| 1891 | 3,076 | −1.84% |
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| 1896 | 3,177 | +0.65% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,100 | −0.49% |
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| 1906 | 3,089 | −0.07% |
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| 1911 | 3,090 | +0.01% |
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| 1921 | 2,652 | −1.52% |
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| 1926 | 2,746 | +0.70% |
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| 1931 | 2,633 | −0.84% |
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| 1936 | 2,676 | +0.32% |
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| 1946 | 2,672 | −0.01% |
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| 1954 | 2,950 | +1.24% |
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| 1962 | 3,266 | +1.28% |
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| 1968 | 3,500 | +1.16% |
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| 1975 | 3,809 | +1.22% |
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| 1982 | 4,319 | +1.81% |
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| 1990 | 4,790 | +1.30% |
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| 1999 | 5,861 | +2.27% |
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| 2007 | 6,462 | +1.23% |
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| 2012 | 6,784 | +0.98% |
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| 2017 | 6,875 | +0.27% |
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