National Regional Profile: Darling Downs (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 191
1 046
1 246
1 373
1 500
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 383
1 328
1 600
1 842
1 907
Value of total residential building$m
191.7
194.7
266.0
325.6
380.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
88.6
103.2
85.8
138.8
219.8
Value of total building$m
280.3
297.9
351.7
464.3
600.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 797
4 001
4 705
5 046
4 851
Other vehiclesno.
3 551
4 032
5 045
5 836
5 399
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 345
8 033
9 752
10 884
10 251
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
97 509
99 277
102 143
105 912
108 731
Campervansno.
290
330
397
412
455
Light commercial vehiclesno.
34 688
35 401
36 655
38 480
40 348
Light rigid trucksno.
1 088
1 239
1 337
1 441
1 548
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6 925
6 789
6 782
6 976
7 145
Articulated trucksno.
2 420
2 429
2 370
2 473
2 535
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
219
225
205
251
270
Busesno.
1 005
984
777
823
862
Motorcyclesno.
4 144
4 267
4 494
4 997
5 726
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
148 291
150 933
155 157
161 771
167 615
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
458
460
467
475
479
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
163
164
168
173
178
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
31
31
31
31
Articulated trucksno.
11
11
11
11
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
696
700
710
726
738
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
35 715
31 349
27 716
24 206
20 850
Petrol - Unleadedno.
83 672
89 464
96 120
103 760
110 755
Dieselno.
27 135
28 362
29 580
31 979
34 100
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 763
1 759
1 736
1 822
1 911
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 870 596.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
820 139.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
4 743.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5 967.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
6 065.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
129 588.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
797 930
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
50 234
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 395 698
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
381 519
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0