National Regional Profile: Gold Coast East (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30710   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
369
268
275
221
224
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 784
3 010
2 850
2 236
2 185
Value of total residential building$m
419.5
866.4
890.6
794.6
737.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
99.1
267.4
230.8
202.6
427.2
Value of total building$m
518.6
1 133.8
1 121.4
997.1
1 165.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 872
5 162
5 585
6 013
6 337
Other vehiclesno.
2 263
2 725
3 436
3 721
3 592
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 135
7 890
9 023
9 734
9 930
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
101 192
105 000
106 665
108 137
111 336
Campervansno.
396
450
499
474
491
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 716
14 500
15 365
16 143
17 157
Light rigid trucksno.
538
592
666
754
838
Heavy rigid trucksno.
990
1 021
1 299
1 390
1 410
Articulated trucksno.
173
150
194
212
224
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
114
105
102
81
88
Busesno.
677
694
644
680
700
Motorcyclesno.
2 915
3 149
3 381
3 733
4 309
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
120 710
125 654
128 809
131 605
136 553
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
581
592
592
591
594
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
79
82
85
88
92
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
19
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
693
709
715
720
729
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 325
20 913
16 948
13 570
10 736
Petrol - Unleadedno.
87 769
95 625
101 933
107 433
114 328
Dieselno.
6 465
6 952
7 751
8 442
9 241
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 154
2 161
2 179
2 159
2 250
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8.6
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.
-
-
-
-
13
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0