National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Barron (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052062   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
166
186
274
270
123
Total dwelling unitsno.
169
213
325
334
229
Value of total residential building$m
22.7
35.5
57.8
68.6
47.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.8
10.7
5.1
12.4
18.9
Value of total building$m
53.5
46.2
62.8
81.0
66.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
476
568
834
930
811
Other vehiclesno.
242
289
364
409
420
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
718
857
1 198
1 339
1 231
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 765
8 052
8 514
8 972
9 318
Campervansno.
38
37
44
46
33
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 998
2 056
2 176
2 349
2 470
Light rigid trucksno.
70
77
82
89
98
Heavy rigid trucksno.
137
142
147
161
167
Articulated trucksno.
14
15
16
19
19
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
12
9
11
12
Busesno.
147
162
163
181
185
Motorcyclesno.
509
562
614
650
704
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 691
11 114
11 763
12 479
13 006
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
425
425
430
430
432
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
109
109
110
113
115
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
7
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
8
9
8
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
28
30
31
31
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
586
587
593
599
603
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 848
1 616
1 409
1 163
958
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 234
7 779
8 522
9 306
9 958
Dieselno.
1 461
1 578
1 693
1 868
1 952
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
147
141
140
141
138
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 929.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 221.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
203
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0