National Regional Profile: Launceston (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615054012   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
193
127
136
174
158
Total dwelling unitsno.
288
226
212
245
259
Value of total residential building$m
35.5
30.2
41.6
51.3
55.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
24.3
34.6
33.1
49.3
46.9
Value of total building$m
59.8
64.8
74.7
100.6
102.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 309
1 170
1 582
1 570
1 554
Other vehiclesno.
630
838
961
1 220
1 134
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 939
2 008
2 544
2 790
2 688
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 178
31 599
32 484
33 153
34 068
Campervansno.
332
345
353
361
347
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 332
6 638
6 964
7 258
7 599
Light rigid trucksno.
214
228
246
257
275
Heavy rigid trucksno.
736
765
796
807
856
Articulated trucksno.
221
228
238
214
196
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
40
36
34
35
493
Busesno.
188
186
172
185
194
Motorcyclesno.
1 070
1 047
1 103
1 166
1 327
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
40 312
41 073
42 389
43 435
45 356
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
525
526
536
541
554
Campervansno.
6
6
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
107
110
115
118
124
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
13
13
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
8
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
17
18
19
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
679
683
699
708
738
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 012
10 565
9 208
7 829
6 849
Petrol - Unleadedno.
24 730
26 671
29 059
31 192
33 368
Dieselno.
3 144
3 418
3 699
4 004
4 754
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
427
419
422
409
386
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16 436.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
129.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
12.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
20.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
20.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
23 294
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 473
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0