National Regional Profile: Lower Top End NT (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 71030   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
20
11
7
20
34
Total dwelling unitsno.
65
39
36
56
51
Value of total residential building$m
12.1
10.0
9.2
17.1
14.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.3
9.3
8.4
8.3
18.4
Value of total building$m
16.5
19.3
17.6
25.3
32.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
160
148
144
175
165
Other vehiclesno.
203
219
229
318
301
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
360
367
366
500
469
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 844
3 742
3 687
3 919
3 889
Campervansno.
13
13
18
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 873
1 958
2 014
2 095
2 175
Light rigid trucksno.
26
26
29
33
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
277
288
271
284
304
Articulated trucksno.
83
93
83
87
82
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
32
24
25
26
26
Busesno.
221
204
232
206
212
Motorcyclesno.
231
188
204
189
217
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 603
6 556
6 554
6 841
6 946
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
214
207
202
212
209
Campervansno.
1
1
1
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
104
108
110
113
117
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
2
2
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
16
15
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
12
11
13
11
11
Motorcyclesno.
13
10
11
10
12
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
368
363
359
369
373
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
859
721
605
512
418
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 448
3 495
3 590
3 875
3 985
Dieselno.
2 209
2 262
2 274
2 383
2 488
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
87
77
77
75
61
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
17 483 674.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
393.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
417.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 562.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 565.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
171.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
788 210
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0