National Regional Profile: Byron (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA11350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
279
141
114
105
131
Total dwelling unitsno.
307
191
137
138
163
Value of total residential building$m
45.7
36.7
31.5
39.9
48.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
20.0
14.9
23.7
37.7
41.0
Value of total building$m
65.7
51.6
55.2
77.6
89.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
346
389
414
446
463
Other vehiclesno.
273
299
388
399
386
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
619
688
802
845
849
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 062
14 675
15 572
15 984
16 447
Campervansno.
106
118
116
114
115
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 010
3 078
3 229
3 313
3 440
Light rigid trucksno.
120
121
129
133
131
Heavy rigid trucksno.
267
274
281
289
295
Articulated trucksno.
31
27
29
24
21
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
16
15
16
18
Busesno.
137
130
151
167
170
Motorcyclesno.
552
583
663
681
733
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
18 302
19 023
20 185
20 721
21 369
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
470
485
511
523
537
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
101
102
106
108
112
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
5
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
22
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
612
629
662
678
698
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 829
4 263
3 629
3 025
2 459
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 259
12 448
14 062
15 057
16 098
Dieselno.
1 927
2 032
2 219
2 365
2 488
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
287
280
275
274
324
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
20 207.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
27.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 877.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 025.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
834.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
220
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 046
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
13 777
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 269
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0