| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 600 | — |
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| 1800 | 718 | +2.60% |
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| 1806 | 671 | −1.12% |
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| 1821 | 704 | +0.32% |
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| 1831 | 744 | +0.55% |
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| 1836 | 700 | −1.21% |
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| 1841 | 721 | +0.59% |
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| 1846 | 765 | +1.19% |
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| 1851 | 719 | −1.23% |
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| 1856 | 853 | +3.48% |
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| 1861 | 824 | −0.69% |
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| 1866 | 919 | +2.21% |
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| 1872 | 990 | +1.25% |
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| 1876 | 1,109 | +2.88% |
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| 1881 | 1,287 | +3.02% |
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| 1886 | 1,493 | +3.01% |
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| 1891 | 1,750 | +3.23% |
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| 1896 | 2,055 | +3.27% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 1,935 | −1.20% |
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| 1906 | 2,552 | +5.69% |
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| 1911 | 3,011 | +3.36% |
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| 1921 | 3,827 | +2.43% |
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| 1926 | 5,613 | +7.96% |
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| 1931 | 6,145 | +1.83% |
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| 1936 | 7,020 | +2.70% |
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| 1946 | 7,172 | +0.21% |
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| 1954 | 9,205 | +3.17% |
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| 1962 | 13,068 | +4.48% |
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| 1968 | 15,789 | +3.20% |
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| 1975 | 22,293 | +5.05% |
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| 1982 | 22,022 | −0.17% |
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| 1990 | 22,740 | +0.40% |
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| 1999 | 26,632 | +1.77% |
|---|
| 2007 | 28,158 | +0.70% |
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| 2012 | 27,737 | −0.30% |
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| 2017 | 28,456 | +0.51% |
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