| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 3,098 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,139 | −13.32% |
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| 1806 | 1,540 | +5.16% |
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| 1821 | 1,971 | +1.66% |
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| 1831 | 2,334 | +1.70% |
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| 1836 | 2,484 | +1.25% |
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| 1841 | 2,456 | −0.23% |
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| 1846 | 2,665 | +1.65% |
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| 1851 | 2,572 | −0.71% |
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| 1856 | 2,572 | +0.00% |
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| 1861 | 2,699 | +0.97% |
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| 1866 | 2,809 | +0.80% |
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| 1872 | 2,857 | +0.28% |
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| 1876 | 3,165 | +2.59% |
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| 1881 | 3,571 | +2.44% |
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| 1886 | 3,636 | +0.36% |
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| 1891 | 3,520 | −0.65% |
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| 1896 | 3,704 | +1.02% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,803 | +0.53% |
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| 1906 | 3,985 | +0.94% |
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| 1911 | 4,032 | +0.23% |
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| 1921 | 3,959 | −0.18% |
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| 1926 | 4,451 | +2.37% |
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| 1931 | 4,465 | +0.06% |
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| 1936 | 4,151 | −1.45% |
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| 1946 | 4,117 | −0.08% |
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| 1954 | 4,459 | +1.00% |
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| 1962 | 4,694 | +0.64% |
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| 1968 | 5,649 | +3.13% |
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| 1975 | 6,641 | +2.34% |
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| 1982 | 6,913 | +0.58% |
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| 1990 | 6,770 | −0.26% |
|---|
| 1999 | 6,553 | −0.36% |
|---|
| 2009 | 7,793 | +1.75% |
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| 2014 | 7,934 | +0.36% |
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| 2020 | 8,148 | +0.44% |
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