National Regional Profile: Glass House Country (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 309106725   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
211
167
165
246
372
Total dwelling units no.
231
195
192
284
386

Value of private sector houses $m
31.1
27.3
29.4
44.6
76.3
Value of new residential building $m
33.2
30.2
31.6
49.0
81.0
Value of total residential building $m
38.1
36.9
37.9
55.2
86.4
Value of total non-residential building $m
5.7
6.4
14.7
10.6
9.5
Value of total building $m
43.8
43.3
52.5
65.8
95.9

Average value of private sector houses $'000
147.3
163.5
177.9
181.3
205.1

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
507
507
518
520
524
Campervans no.
4
4
5
5
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
143
148
149
154
158
Light rigid trucks no.
6
7
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucks no.
18
18
17
18
21
Articulated trucks no.
6
6
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcycles no.
30
34
36
41
45
Total registered motor vehicles no.
718
727
742
756
771

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 559
2 856
3 249
3 533
3 849
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 137
3 341
3 559
3 790
4 111
10 years or older no.
7 394
7 514
7 613
7 789
8 178

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
44.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
25.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
70.6
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
8 024.9
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
26.5
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
171.2
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
1 200.9
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
2 238.4
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
10.5
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
6
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
409
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
2 092
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
5 067
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0