| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 3,013 | — |
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| 1800 | 3,047 | +0.16% |
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| 1806 | 3,215 | +0.90% |
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| 1821 | 2,780 | −0.96% |
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| 1831 | 3,191 | +1.39% |
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| 1836 | 2,885 | −2.00% |
|---|
| 1841 | 3,116 | +1.55% |
|---|
| 1846 | 3,408 | +1.81% |
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| 1851 | 3,460 | +0.30% |
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| 1856 | 3,459 | −0.01% |
|---|
| 1861 | 3,295 | −0.97% |
|---|
| 1866 | 3,173 | −0.75% |
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| 1872 | 3,340 | +0.86% |
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| 1876 | 3,307 | −0.25% |
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| 1881 | 3,250 | −0.35% |
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| 1886 | 3,393 | +0.86% |
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| 1891 | 3,392 | −0.01% |
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| 1896 | 3,308 | −0.50% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 3,237 | −0.43% |
|---|
| 1906 | 3,305 | +0.42% |
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| 1911 | 3,348 | +0.26% |
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| 1921 | 3,312 | −0.11% |
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| 1926 | 3,764 | +2.59% |
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| 1931 | 3,995 | +1.20% |
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| 1936 | 4,258 | +1.28% |
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| 1946 | 4,308 | +0.12% |
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| 1954 | 4,486 | +0.51% |
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| 1962 | 5,298 | +2.10% |
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| 1968 | 6,186 | +2.62% |
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| 1975 | 6,779 | +1.32% |
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| 1982 | 6,795 | +0.03% |
|---|
| 1990 | 6,696 | −0.18% |
|---|
| 1999 | 6,955 | +0.42% |
|---|
| 2007 | 7,794 | +1.43% |
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| 2012 | 8,075 | +0.71% |
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| 2017 | 7,903 | −0.43% |
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