| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1793 | 1,155 | — |
|---|
| 1800 | 1,041 | −1.47% |
|---|
| 1806 | 1,005 | −0.58% |
|---|
| 1821 | 1,086 | +0.52% |
|---|
| 1831 | 1,106 | +0.18% |
|---|
| 1836 | 1,099 | −0.13% |
|---|
| 1841 | 1,115 | +0.29% |
|---|
| 1846 | 1,154 | +0.69% |
|---|
| 1851 | 1,166 | +0.21% |
|---|
| 1856 | 1,168 | +0.03% |
|---|
| 1861 | 1,630 | +6.89% |
|---|
| 1866 | 2,186 | +6.05% |
|---|
| 1872 | 1,897 | −2.34% |
|---|
| 1876 | 2,389 | +5.93% |
|---|
| 1881 | 3,245 | +6.32% |
|---|
| 1886 | 4,448 | +6.51% |
|---|
| 1891 | 5,837 | +5.59% |
|---|
| 1896 | 7,401 | +4.86% |
|---|
| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 10,056 | +6.32% |
|---|
| 1906 | 11,586 | +2.87% |
|---|
| 1911 | 14,003 | +3.86% |
|---|
| 1921 | 18,118 | +2.61% |
|---|
| 1926 | 24,120 | +5.89% |
|---|
| 1931 | 27,250 | +2.47% |
|---|
| 1936 | 29,369 | +1.51% |
|---|
| 1946 | 25,169 | −1.53% |
|---|
| 1954 | 33,137 | +3.50% |
|---|
| 1962 | 42,595 | +3.19% |
|---|
| 1968 | 46,074 | +1.32% |
|---|
| 1975 | 50,290 | +1.26% |
|---|
| 1982 | 45,396 | −1.45% |
|---|
| 1990 | 44,818 | −0.16% |
|---|
| 1999 | 42,513 | −0.58% |
|---|
| 2007 | 41,960 | −0.16% |
|---|
| 2012 | 42,919 | +0.45% |
|---|
| 2017 | 46,907 | +1.79% |
|---|
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