National Regional Profile: Chinchilla (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320052350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
15
19
32
62
Total dwelling unitsno.
22
15
19
48
96
Value of total residential building$m
2.6
2.1
3.1
7.4
16.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.1
1.0
0.1
4.9
5.1
Value of total building$m
8.7
3.1
3.2
12.2
21.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
73
81
59
85
94
Other vehiclesno.
87
118
148
174
192
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
160
198
208
259
286
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 548
2 487
2 546
2 697
2 771
Campervansno.
5
7
11
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 419
1 440
1 466
1 513
1 607
Light rigid trucksno.
39
47
53
50
59
Heavy rigid trucksno.
331
337
349
359
372
Articulated trucksno.
84
81
78
82
81
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
26
24
26
26
Busesno.
36
34
35
36
39
Motorcyclesno.
90
97
104
107
132
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 580
4 555
4 666
4 877
5 095
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
421
411
417
438
441
Campervansno.
1
1
2
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
235
238
240
246
255
Light rigid trucksno.
6
8
9
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
55
56
57
58
59
Articulated trucksno.
14
13
13
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
15
16
17
17
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
757
752
764
792
810
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 068
928
886
768
641
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 151
2 208
2 307
2 542
2 769
Dieselno.
1 317
1 374
1 430
1 519
1 633
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
44
45
42
47
52
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
761 817.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
36 245.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
629.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 154.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
16 163
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
956
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
108 082
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
63 961
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0