National Regional Profile: Northern SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 34515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
160
127
146
144
174
Total dwelling unitsno.
178
146
197
160
205
Value of total residential building$m
26.1
24.9
37.3
34.6
46.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.9
17.5
18.5
16.7
8.1
Value of total building$m
31.0
42.3
55.8
51.3
54.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
740
763
843
881
899
Other vehiclesno.
990
1 001
1 049
1 214
1 369
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 730
1 764
1 891
2 095
2 268
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 456
21 601
21 845
22 439
22 892
Campervansno.
85
88
85
85
97
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 767
11 883
11 963
12 178
12 485
Light rigid trucksno.
289
314
317
334
358
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 535
1 523
1 515
1 539
1 559
Articulated trucksno.
247
267
259
283
293
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
35
37
37
32
33
Busesno.
240
267
259
275
280
Motorcyclesno.
1 396
1 417
1 432
1 447
1 615
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
37 052
37 395
37 705
38 616
39 613
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
380
382
388
398
404
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
208
210
212
216
220
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
27
27
27
28
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
25
25
25
26
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
656
662
670
684
699
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 766
5 926
5 167
4 507
3 861
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 073
20 898
21 767
22 970
24 144
Dieselno.
9 894
10 239
10 435
10 806
11 253
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
319
335
334
334
355
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 898 310.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 546.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 785.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 850.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 224.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
153 266.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 268
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
52
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
716 494
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 684
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0