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The usual resident population in the 2001 census was 8, 877.

Of that total, 1, 760 ( 19. 8 %) were aged 15 or younger ; 1, 227 ( 13. 8 %) between 16 and 29 ; 1, 687 ( 21. 1 %) between 30 and 44 ; 1, 849 ( 20. 8 %) between 45 and 59 ; 1, 386 ( 15. 6 %) between 60 and 74 ; and 968 ( 10. 9 %) aged 75 or over.

The median age of residents was 42, in comparison to a Wales-wide median age of 39.

The town's population increased from 5, 504 in 1961 to 8, 877 in 2001, a growth of 61 % over forty years.