National Regional Profile: Burnie-Devonport (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 62005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
204
254
423
351
329
Total dwelling unitsno.
217
274
516
427
427
Value of total residential building$m
32.0
43.2
85.0
88.7
92.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
25.4
38.6
22.7
41.9
42.6
Value of total building$m
57.4
81.9
107.7
130.6
135.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 281
1 312
1 479
1 617
1 590
Other vehiclesno.
803
948
1 163
1 383
1 310
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 084
2 259
2 640
3 001
2 901
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
39 196
39 287
40 618
41 805
43 043
Campervansno.
590
625
654
662
672
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 538
10 878
11 371
11 888
12 373
Light rigid trucksno.
285
303
304
328
353
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 235
1 306
1 331
1 285
1 312
Articulated trucksno.
366
328
343
402
401
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
62
59
61
55
58
Busesno.
323
300
259
269
264
Motorcyclesno.
1 724
1 681
1 785
1 923
2 123
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
54 318
54 769
56 725
58 617
60 597
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
507
502
514
527
538
Campervansno.
8
8
8
8
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
136
139
144
150
155
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
17
17
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
22
21
23
24
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
703
700
717
738
758
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
14 489
12 408
10 833
9 162
7 895
Petrol - Unleadedno.
33 033
35 220
38 248
41 299
44 004
Dieselno.
6 219
6 561
7 058
7 554
8 090
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
576
579
585
602
607
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
33 215.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
716.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 431.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
296.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
301.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
2 047.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
26 411
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 532
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
20 235
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
827
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0