| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 5,140 | — |
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| 1800 | 5,160 | +0.06% |
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| 1806 | 5,048 | −0.37% |
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| 1821 | 5,016 | −0.04% |
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| 1831 | 5,168 | +0.30% |
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| 1836 | 5,085 | −0.32% |
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| 1841 | 5,345 | +1.00% |
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| 1846 | 5,000 | −1.33% |
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| 1851 | 5,161 | +0.64% |
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| 1856 | 5,026 | −0.53% |
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| 1861 | 5,137 | +0.44% |
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| 1866 | 5,161 | +0.09% |
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| 1872 | 5,379 | +0.69% |
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| 1876 | 5,574 | +0.89% |
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| 1881 | 5,474 | −0.36% |
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| 1886 | 5,423 | −0.19% |
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| 1891 | 6,040 | +2.18% |
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| 1896 | 5,923 | −0.39% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 5,715 | −0.71% |
|---|
| 1906 | 5,514 | −0.71% |
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| 1911 | 5,530 | +0.06% |
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| 1921 | 5,237 | −0.54% |
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| 1926 | 5,396 | +0.60% |
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| 1931 | 5,366 | −0.11% |
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| 1936 | 5,529 | +0.60% |
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| 1946 | 5,238 | −0.54% |
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| 1954 | 5,648 | +0.95% |
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| 1962 | 6,090 | +0.95% |
|---|
| 1968 | 7,053 | +2.48% |
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| 1975 | 8,196 | +2.17% |
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| 1982 | 8,124 | −0.13% |
|---|
| 1990 | 8,455 | +0.50% |
|---|
| 1999 | 9,047 | +0.75% |
|---|
| 2007 | 8,208 | −1.21% |
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| 2012 | 8,179 | −0.07% |
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| 2017 | 8,056 | −0.30% |
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