National Regional Profile: Darwin (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
375
298
320
425
515
Total dwelling unitsno.
627
677
908
1 070
979
Value of total residential building$m
105.5
137.1
201.9
265.8
302.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
109.0
115.1
123.0
213.5
353.9
Value of total building$m
214.5
252.2
325.0
479.4
656.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 844
2 940
3 353
3 419
3 221
Other vehiclesno.
2 491
2 420
2 607
3 017
3 083
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 327
5 359
5 961
6 442
6 304
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
48 224
47 314
48 491
50 335
51 901
Campervansno.
100
117
114
119
118
Light commercial vehiclesno.
15 994
16 145
16 895
17 661
18 634
Light rigid trucksno.
271
325
346
381
403
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 638
1 642
1 695
1 756
1 817
Articulated trucksno.
317
346
381
436
443
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
154
140
162
160
143
Busesno.
1 241
1 203
1 472
1 435
1 347
Motorcyclesno.
2 155
2 056
2 073
2 251
2 628
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
70 096
69 285
71 620
74 522
77 439
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
449
440
446
452
454
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
149
150
156
159
163
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
16
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
12
11
14
13
12
Motorcyclesno.
20
19
19
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
652
645
659
670
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 512
7 603
6 586
5 650
4 497
Petrol - Unleadedno.
46 269
47 168
49 816
52 827
56 117
Dieselno.
13 351
13 610
14 322
15 183
16 000
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
966
906
891
867
825
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
196 999.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
9.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
314.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 301.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 480.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
89.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
36
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 452
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 198
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0