National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
572
901
1 031
840
842
Total dwelling unitsno.
784
995
1 240
1 071
1 361
Value of total residential building$m
89.0
130.7
189.6
189.8
258.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.7
28.4
20.5
90.6
36.2
Value of total building$m
95.6
159.0
210.1
280.4
294.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
607
774
972
1 001
974
Other vehiclesno.
419
590
752
840
826
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 027
1 364
1 723
1 841
1 799
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 133
22 981
24 714
26 382
27 811
Campervansno.
162
200
229
234
267
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 305
4 690
5 244
5 707
6 067
Light rigid trucksno.
153
186
215
240
266
Heavy rigid trucksno.
351
394
463
519
545
Articulated trucksno.
51
58
57
60
57
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
19
24
27
25
Busesno.
282
308
314
324
311
Motorcyclesno.
1 086
1 135
1 222
1 294
1 504
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
27 535
29 969
32 485
34 786
36 854
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
475
490
497
504
505
Campervansno.
4
4
5
4
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
97
100
106
109
110
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
6
7
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
24
24
25
25
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
618
639
654
665
669
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 028
6 307
5 503
4 783
3 955
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 680
19 224
21 907
24 398
26 737
Dieselno.
3 228
3 782
4 382
4 893
5 418
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
600
655
693
713
744
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
54 063.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
36.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
10.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
282.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
2 101.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
36
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
8 384
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0