National Regional Profile: Gold Coast SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30720   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
207
186
199
146
140
Total dwelling unitsno.
220
198
210
160
148
Value of total residential building$m
29.0
30.3
39.1
33.8
33.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.3
10.5
7.1
24.2
36.0
Value of total building$m
34.3
40.8
46.2
57.9
69.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
186
215
278
312
303
Other vehiclesno.
146
189
261
286
250
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
332
404
538
599
553
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 236
7 644
8 322
8 711
8 798
Campervansno.
31
31
34
39
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 598
1 720
1 870
1 967
1 999
Light rigid trucksno.
62
68
78
74
84
Heavy rigid trucksno.
184
186
194
194
201
Articulated trucksno.
20
19
21
20
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
16
15
13
13
Busesno.
50
51
42
55
52
Motorcyclesno.
345
359
406
466
506
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 542
10 094
10 980
11 541
11 705
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
558
559
590
599
592
Campervansno.
2
2
2
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
123
126
133
135
135
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
3
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
27
26
29
32
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
736
738
779
794
788
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 148
1 928
1 684
1 359
1 134
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 245
6 895
7 893
8 701
9 031
Dieselno.
931
1 053
1 164
1 253
1 308
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
218
219
239
228
231
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
28 034.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
191.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
47.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
109.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
143.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
121
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 142
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
9 926
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0