| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,080 | — |
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| 1800 | 987 | −1.28% |
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| 1806 | 809 | −3.26% |
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| 1821 | 829 | +0.16% |
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| 1831 | 946 | +1.33% |
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| 1836 | 936 | −0.21% |
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| 1841 | 993 | +1.19% |
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| 1846 | 1,046 | +1.05% |
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| 1851 | 932 | −2.28% |
|---|
| 1856 | 1,038 | +2.18% |
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| 1861 | 1,280 | +4.28% |
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| 1866 | 1,571 | +4.18% |
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| 1872 | 1,448 | −1.35% |
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| 1876 | 1,577 | +2.16% |
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| 1881 | 1,868 | +3.44% |
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| 1886 | 2,288 | +4.14% |
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| 1891 | 2,500 | +1.79% |
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| 1896 | 2,707 | +1.60% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 2,959 | +1.80% |
|---|
| 1906 | 3,102 | +0.95% |
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| 1911 | 3,584 | +2.93% |
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| 1921 | 5,641 | +4.64% |
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| 1926 | 10,081 | +12.31% |
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| 1931 | 14,539 | +7.60% |
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| 1936 | 17,604 | +3.90% |
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| 1946 | 18,382 | +0.43% |
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| 1954 | 19,028 | +0.43% |
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| 1962 | 27,503 | +4.71% |
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| 1968 | 32,169 | +2.65% |
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| 1975 | 35,545 | +1.44% |
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| 1982 | 36,079 | +0.21% |
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| 1990 | 34,879 | −0.42% |
|---|
| 1999 | 32,839 | −0.67% |
|---|
| 2007 | 34,663 | +0.68% |
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| 2012 | 36,155 | +0.85% |
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| 2017 | 38,720 | +1.38% |
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