| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 910 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,045 | +2.00% |
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| 1806 | 1,006 | −0.63% |
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| 1821 | 1,121 | +0.72% |
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| 1831 | 1,155 | +0.30% |
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| 1836 | 1,301 | +2.41% |
|---|
| 1841 | 1,353 | +0.79% |
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| 1846 | 1,460 | +1.53% |
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| 1851 | 1,433 | −0.37% |
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| 1856 | 1,456 | +0.32% |
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| 1861 | 1,525 | +0.93% |
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| 1866 | 1,504 | −0.28% |
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| 1872 | 1,580 | +0.82% |
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| 1876 | 1,566 | −0.22% |
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| 1881 | 1,436 | −1.72% |
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| 1886 | 1,540 | +1.41% |
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| 1891 | 1,519 | −0.27% |
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| 1896 | 1,995 | +5.60% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 1,597 | −4.35% |
|---|
| 1906 | 1,482 | −1.48% |
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| 1911 | 1,523 | +0.55% |
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| 1921 | 1,641 | +0.75% |
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| 1926 | 1,807 | +1.95% |
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| 1931 | 2,215 | +4.16% |
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| 1936 | 2,209 | −0.05% |
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| 1946 | 2,021 | −0.89% |
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| 1954 | 2,333 | +1.81% |
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| 1962 | 4,483 | +8.51% |
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| 1968 | 10,012 | +14.33% |
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| 1975 | 19,435 | +9.94% |
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| 1982 | 26,776 | +4.68% |
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| 1990 | 28,077 | +0.59% |
|---|
| 1999 | 28,009 | −0.03% |
|---|
| 2007 | 29,014 | +0.44% |
|---|
| 2012 | 31,493 | +1.65% |
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| 2017 | 33,477 | +1.23% |
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