| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 997 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,164 | +2.24% |
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| 1806 | 1,095 | −1.01% |
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| 1821 | 1,109 | +0.08% |
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| 1831 | 1,372 | +2.15% |
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| 1836 | 1,519 | +2.06% |
|---|
| 1841 | 1,537 | +0.24% |
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| 1846 | 1,631 | +1.19% |
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| 1851 | 1,722 | +1.09% |
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| 1856 | 1,704 | −0.21% |
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| 1861 | 1,728 | +0.28% |
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| 1866 | 1,980 | +2.76% |
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| 1872 | 2,131 | +1.23% |
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| 1876 | 2,288 | +1.79% |
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| 1881 | 2,385 | +0.83% |
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| 1886 | 2,446 | +0.51% |
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| 1891 | 2,428 | −0.15% |
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| 1896 | 2,754 | +2.55% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 2,887 | +0.95% |
|---|
| 1906 | 2,857 | −0.21% |
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| 1911 | 2,922 | +0.45% |
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| 1921 | 3,461 | +1.71% |
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| 1926 | 4,200 | +3.95% |
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| 1931 | 5,572 | +5.82% |
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| 1936 | 5,602 | +0.11% |
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| 1946 | 5,364 | −0.43% |
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| 1954 | 6,320 | +2.07% |
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| 1962 | 7,517 | +2.19% |
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| 1968 | 7,993 | +1.03% |
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| 1975 | 7,410 | −1.08% |
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| 1982 | 6,690 | −1.45% |
|---|
| 1990 | 6,454 | −0.45% |
|---|
| 1999 | 6,433 | −0.04% |
|---|
| 2007 | 6,079 | −0.71% |
|---|
| 2012 | 6,627 | +1.74% |
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| 2017 | 6,596 | −0.09% |
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