National Regional Profile: Wide Bay-Burnett SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 31510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
830
812
1 380
1 312
1 320
Total dwelling unitsno.
900
898
1 546
1 506
1 509
Value of total residential building$m
97.7
119.4
219.1
271.5
277.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
39.2
33.6
64.5
92.3
96.3
Value of total building$m
137.0
152.9
283.6
363.7
374.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 020
2 099
2 500
2 835
2 610
Other vehiclesno.
1 922
2 095
2 712
3 256
3 037
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 941
4 193
5 210
6 091
5 647
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
62 856
65 186
68 714
71 595
74 113
Campervansno.
375
440
526
574
623
Light commercial vehiclesno.
22 368
23 193
24 604
25 616
26 785
Light rigid trucksno.
855
876
932
1 037
1 136
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 508
3 561
3 680
3 670
3 785
Articulated trucksno.
794
814
848
887
878
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
96
134
176
122
132
Busesno.
791
820
777
809
848
Motorcyclesno.
4 082
4 211
4 431
4 779
5 270
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
95 720
99 222
104 681
109 087
113 568
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
442
451
465
473
477
Campervansno.
3
3
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
160
167
169
173
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
25
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
29
29
30
32
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
673
686
709
721
732
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
26 645
24 092
21 456
18 647
15 835
Petrol - Unleadedno.
49 791
54 600
60 690
66 468
71 913
Dieselno.
17 503
18 739
20 632
21 997
23 711
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 784
1 792
1 901
1 976
2 114
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 713 951.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
27 180.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6 353.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
11 739.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
13 269.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
67 239.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6 498
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
41 385
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
820 881
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
210 565
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0