National Regional Profile: Carpentaria (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 355052250   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
12
7
4
1
1
Total dwelling unitsno.
18
10
4
1
1
Value of total residential building$m
2.3
1.1
0.7
0.3
0.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.4
1.0
0.2
1.4
0.4
Value of total building$m
3.7
2.1
0.9
1.7
0.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6
7
5
6
11
Other vehiclesno.
38
51
40
53
41
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
44
58
45
59
52
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
555
552
571
580
578
Campervansno.
6
4
6
4
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
429
433
447
444
467
Light rigid trucksno.
14
17
15
17
14
Heavy rigid trucksno.
86
76
75
69
67
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
12
14
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
3
0
0
Busesno.
17
17
14
15
16
Motorcyclesno.
55
46
38
33
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 174
1 158
1 178
1 176
1 206
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
240
238
250
266
277
Campervansno.
3
2
3
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
185
187
196
204
224
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
8
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
37
33
33
32
32
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
6
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
7
7
6
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
24
20
17
15
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
507
500
516
540
579
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
245
191
163
132
124
Petrol - Unleadedno.
418
452
467
487
512
Dieselno.
503
506
538
550
562
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
8
9
11
8
9
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 634 756.4
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.
-
-
-
-
354 876
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0