National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - North-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016905   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
65
65
59
56
24
Total dwelling unitsno.
75
109
104
95
83
Value of total residential building$m
9.5
13.5
13.3
16.1
13.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.1
3.7
6.1
4.7
27.0
Value of total building$m
13.6
17.2
19.4
20.8
40.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
455
496
588
615
571
Other vehiclesno.
305
366
438
518
431
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
760
862
1 026
1 133
1 002
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 342
9 530
9 678
9 873
9 968
Campervansno.
18
22
25
25
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 038
2 084
2 121
2 211
2 314
Light rigid trucksno.
73
83
92
98
102
Heavy rigid trucksno.
267
259
252
264
273
Articulated trucksno.
112
111
106
118
121
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
15
13
14
15
17
Busesno.
92
85
51
54
60
Motorcyclesno.
361
379
389
430
474
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 318
12 566
12 728
13 089
13 357
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
489
497
501
507
509
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
107
109
110
114
118
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
13
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
645
655
659
672
682
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 863
2 483
2 111
1 793
1 514
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 090
8 659
9 173
9 721
10 161
Dieselno.
1 216
1 276
1 302
1 428
1 533
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
149
148
141
146
149
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
71.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
73
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0