National Regional Profile: Sunshine Coast SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30910   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
602
950
919
713
589
Total dwelling unitsno.
610
1 002
982
771
676
Value of total residential building$m
87.6
164.5
195.9
185.3
178.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.4
15.1
17.9
36.8
48.1
Value of total building$m
105.0
179.7
213.8
222.1
226.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
785
911
1 109
1 190
1 199
Other vehiclesno.
762
983
1 237
1 404
1 271
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 545
1 894
2 345
2 593
2 469
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 644
33 956
35 835
37 417
39 301
Campervansno.
205
235
269
275
297
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 380
9 041
9 616
10 180
10 637
Light rigid trucksno.
321
372
428
474
535
Heavy rigid trucksno.
915
963
1 084
1 143
1 166
Articulated trucksno.
244
258
262
292
306
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
37
41
40
45
51
Busesno.
247
277
246
248
251
Motorcyclesno.
1 633
1 833
2 048
2 276
2 494
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
43 625
46 977
49 828
52 348
55 038
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
505
524
534
542
554
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
134
140
143
147
150
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
16
17
16
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
26
28
31
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
697
725
743
758
775
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 068
10 056
8 758
7 353
6 157
Petrol - Unleadedno.
25 679
29 253
32 583
35 753
38 892
Dieselno.
5 988
6 699
7 456
8 155
8 839
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
892
969
1 031
1 088
1 149
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
88 327.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
494.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
519.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 660.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 920.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 599.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
188
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
15 201
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
34 033
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 203
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0