National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Trinity (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052074   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
269
229
374
454
506
Total dwelling unitsno.
279
256
380
464
532
Value of total residential building$m
30.6
33.6
58.7
86.2
108.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
20.1
6.7
6.7
12.3
15.3
Value of total building$m
50.7
40.3
65.4
98.5
123.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
445
491
654
741
659
Other vehiclesno.
266
331
434
491
504
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
710
822
1 087
1 232
1 163
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 540
14 066
14 723
15 440
16 251
Campervansno.
30
32
45
44
50
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 112
4 228
4 419
4 739
5 067
Light rigid trucksno.
140
136
137
155
181
Heavy rigid trucksno.
294
295
296
330
350
Articulated trucksno.
34
31
34
42
42
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
9
12
13
11
Busesno.
132
128
109
132
134
Motorcyclesno.
915
1 009
1 019
1 093
1 229
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 212
19 935
20 792
21 986
23 315
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
435
438
444
449
450
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
132
132
133
138
140
Light rigid trucksno.
5
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
29
31
31
32
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
618
621
627
640
646
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 250
2 819
2 441
2 067
1 732
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 778
13 739
14 759
15 983
17 323
Dieselno.
2 937
3 123
3 340
3 688
4 016
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
247
254
251
247
244
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 400.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
13.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
32.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 180.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
263
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0