National Regional Profile: Darling Downs SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 32005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
419
301
408
580
686
Total dwelling unitsno.
441
325
435
637
804
Value of total residential building$m
60.0
50.3
70.8
115.5
149.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.6
46.2
36.9
50.7
93.8
Value of total building$m
90.6
96.4
107.7
166.2
243.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 355
1 338
1 490
1 644
1 619
Other vehiclesno.
1 849
1 988
2 573
2 860
2 839
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 203
3 326
4 064
4 506
4 457
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
44 258
44 574
45 903
47 574
49 084
Campervansno.
175
194
239
252
278
Light commercial vehiclesno.
22 041
22 394
23 224
24 259
25 320
Light rigid trucksno.
637
727
779
843
916
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5 103
5 037
5 060
5 177
5 285
Articulated trucksno.
1 778
1 791
1 747
1 779
1 820
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
133
146
118
161
172
Busesno.
512
524
489
515
520
Motorcyclesno.
2 007
2 028
2 146
2 354
2 749
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
76 649
77 411
79 704
82 919
86 141
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
436
437
448
459
467
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
217
220
227
234
241
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
8
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
50
49
49
50
50
Articulated trucksno.
17
18
17
17
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
21
23
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
754
759
778
800
819
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 807
16 590
15 030
13 228
11 486
Petrol - Unleadedno.
37 564
39 738
42 701
46 165
49 716
Dieselno.
19 394
20 210
21 098
22 603
23 957
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
881
873
871
920
982
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 838 742.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
814 269.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
4 303.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5 874.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
5 970.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
129 111.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
797 335
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
46 435
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 388 592
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
377 196
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0