National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350102078   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
15
15
25
32
29
Total dwelling unitsno.
15
16
25
32
29
Value of total residential building$m
2.5
2.6
5.2
6.9
7.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.2
0.0
1.5
0.7
2.1
Value of total building$m
2.7
2.6
6.8
7.6
9.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
43
42
53
56
62
Other vehiclesno.
41
48
54
56
59
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
84
90
107
113
121
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 510
1 533
1 629
1 697
1 734
Campervansno.
6
8
11
9
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
702
719
760
804
835
Light rigid trucksno.
22
23
24
25
30
Heavy rigid trucksno.
80
79
80
86
93
Articulated trucksno.
8
5
6
8
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
0
3
0
Busesno.
27
30
32
37
34
Motorcyclesno.
93
91
102
102
109
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 451
2 489
2 644
2 768
2 855
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
316
318
333
343
347
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
147
149
156
162
167
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
16
16
17
19
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
6
6
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
21
21
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
513
516
541
559
572
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
452
392
363
310
255
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 355
1 426
1 558
1 675
1 787
Dieselno.
620
643
696
757
785
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
24
27
27
26
28
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
30 258.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
11.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
195.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
927.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
17 478.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
91
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
93
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 377
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0