| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,050 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,407 | −5.23% |
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| 1806 | 1,264 | −1.77% |
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| 1821 | 1,801 | +2.39% |
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| 1831 | 2,007 | +1.09% |
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| 1841 | 2,355 | +1.61% |
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| 1846 | 2,311 | −0.38% |
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| 1851 | 2,340 | +0.25% |
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| 1856 | 2,550 | +1.73% |
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| 1861 | 2,700 | +1.15% |
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| 1866 | 2,882 | +1.31% |
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| 1872 | 2,617 | −1.59% |
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| 1876 | 2,876 | +2.39% |
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| 1881 | 3,301 | +2.79% |
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| 1886 | 3,271 | −0.18% |
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| 1891 | 3,490 | +1.30% |
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| 1896 | 3,457 | −0.19% |
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| 1901 | 3,700 | +1.37% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1906 | 3,847 | +0.78% |
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| 1911 | 3,852 | +0.03% |
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| 1921 | 3,763 | −0.23% |
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| 1926 | 3,897 | +0.70% |
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| 1931 | 4,271 | +1.85% |
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| 1936 | 4,411 | +0.65% |
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| 1946 | 4,735 | +0.71% |
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| 1954 | 5,123 | +0.99% |
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| 1962 | 5,257 | +0.32% |
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| 1968 | 5,394 | +0.43% |
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| 1975 | 5,901 | +1.29% |
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| 1982 | 6,076 | +0.42% |
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| 1990 | 6,295 | +0.44% |
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| 1999 | 6,861 | +0.96% |
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| 2007 | 7,037 | +0.32% |
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| 2012 | 7,410 | +1.04% |
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| 2017 | 7,732 | +0.85% |
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