| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,440 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,436 | −0.04% |
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| 1806 | 1,414 | −0.26% |
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| 1821 | 1,630 | +0.95% |
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| 1831 | 1,761 | +0.78% |
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| 1836 | 1,850 | +0.99% |
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| 1841 | 2,022 | +1.79% |
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| 1846 | 2,040 | +0.18% |
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| 1851 | 2,172 | +1.26% |
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| 1856 | 2,231 | +0.54% |
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| 1861 | 2,154 | −0.70% |
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| 1866 | 2,477 | +2.83% |
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| 1872 | 2,538 | +0.41% |
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| 1876 | 2,709 | +1.64% |
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| 1881 | 3,458 | +5.00% |
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| 1886 | 3,786 | +1.83% |
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| 1891 | 3,847 | +0.32% |
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| 1896 | 3,767 | −0.42% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,829 | +0.33% |
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| 1906 | 3,802 | −0.14% |
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| 1911 | 3,793 | −0.05% |
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| 1921 | 4,121 | +0.83% |
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| 1926 | 4,273 | +0.73% |
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| 1931 | 4,438 | +0.76% |
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| 1936 | 3,589 | −4.16% |
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| 1946 | 3,271 | −0.92% |
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| 1954 | 3,228 | −0.17% |
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| 1962 | 3,212 | −0.06% |
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| 1968 | 3,366 | +0.78% |
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| 1975 | 3,334 | −0.14% |
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| 1982 | 4,021 | +2.71% |
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| 1990 | 5,137 | +3.11% |
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| 1999 | 5,241 | +0.22% |
|---|
| 2007 | 6,166 | +2.05% |
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| 2012 | 6,056 | −0.36% |
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| 2017 | 5,908 | −0.49% |
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