National Regional Profile: George Town (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615052211   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
15
16
32
30
11
Total dwelling unitsno.
15
16
32
43
11
Value of total residential building$m
2.3
2.7
6.8
7.6
3.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.1
1.5
8.9
1.3
8.2
Value of total building$m
4.4
4.1
15.7
8.9
11.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
38
39
48
65
59
Other vehiclesno.
38
33
45
69
59
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
76
72
93
134
117
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 668
2 653
2 789
2 919
2 953
Campervansno.
26
28
29
37
36
Light commercial vehiclesno.
779
820
833
834
843
Light rigid trucksno.
29
34
30
29
30
Heavy rigid trucksno.
79
76
89
77
76
Articulated trucksno.
8
11
10
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
14
14
13
14
Busesno.
14
14
16
14
13
Motorcyclesno.
92
89
103
108
129
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 706
3 740
3 913
4 041
4 103
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
491
469
487
515
519
Campervansno.
5
5
5
7
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
143
145
146
147
148
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
13
16
14
13
Articulated trucksno.
1
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
3
2
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
17
16
18
19
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
682
661
684
713
721
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 234
1 118
991
850
728
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 036
2 160
2 411
2 678
2 843
Dieselno.
382
410
451
458
477
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
54
52
59
55
55
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 281.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
63.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
76.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 637
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
234
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 214
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0