National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253965   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
505
550
1 243
1 151
1 143
Total dwelling unitsno.
505
559
1 355
1 271
1 179
Value of total residential building$m
60.1
82.6
213.0
217.8
213.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
31.2
9.3
39.9
67.0
264.4
Value of total building$m
91.3
91.9
252.9
284.9
477.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
547
612
749
938
916
Other vehiclesno.
291
361
525
658
612
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
838
973
1 274
1 596
1 528
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
18 982
20 016
21 302
22 983
24 917
Campervansno.
44
41
49
57
70
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 054
3 279
3 553
3 872
4 207
Light rigid trucksno.
152
168
159
165
191
Heavy rigid trucksno.
285
294
334
350
387
Articulated trucksno.
142
161
146
142
154
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
24
18
25
26
Busesno.
134
123
124
129
137
Motorcyclesno.
793
869
970
1 104
1 346
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 606
24 974
26 656
28 827
31 436
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
459
468
473
472
482
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
74
77
79
79
81
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
22
23
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
570
585
592
592
608
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 943
5 340
4 453
3 679
3 024
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 473
17 228
19 531
22 207
25 035
Dieselno.
1 795
1 980
2 207
2 437
2 790
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
395
426
465
505
588
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
262.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
112
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 586
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0