| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,005 | — |
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| 1800 | 823 | −2.81% |
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| 1806 | 911 | +1.71% |
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| 1821 | 895 | −0.12% |
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| 1831 | 925 | +0.33% |
|---|
| 1836 | 882 | −0.95% |
|---|
| 1841 | 955 | +1.60% |
|---|
| 1846 | 932 | −0.49% |
|---|
| 1851 | 923 | −0.19% |
|---|
| 1856 | 1,016 | +1.94% |
|---|
| 1861 | 1,260 | +4.40% |
|---|
| 1866 | 1,246 | −0.22% |
|---|
| 1872 | 1,255 | +0.12% |
|---|
| 1876 | 1,348 | +1.80% |
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| 1881 | 1,386 | +0.56% |
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| 1886 | 1,472 | +1.21% |
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| 1891 | 1,684 | +2.73% |
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| 1896 | 1,667 | −0.20% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 1,647 | −0.24% |
|---|
| 1906 | 1,711 | +0.77% |
|---|
| 1911 | 1,848 | +1.55% |
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| 1921 | 1,995 | +0.77% |
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| 1926 | 5,593 | +22.90% |
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| 1931 | 11,582 | +15.67% |
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| 1936 | 13,039 | +2.40% |
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| 1946 | 14,554 | +1.11% |
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| 1954 | 17,608 | +2.41% |
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| 1962 | 24,219 | +4.07% |
|---|
| 1968 | 31,956 | +4.73% |
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| 1975 | 34,478 | +1.09% |
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| 1982 | 32,502 | −0.84% |
|---|
| 1990 | 33,295 | +0.30% |
|---|
| 1999 | 36,258 | +0.95% |
|---|
| 2007 | 37,469 | +0.41% |
|---|
| 2012 | 37,135 | −0.18% |
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| 2017 | 36,533 | −0.33% |
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