National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315103754   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
21
23
50
60
105
Total dwelling unitsno.
22
23
50
60
116
Value of total residential building$m
1.9
3.1
6.1
8.2
20.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.4
0.2
1.2
0.6
1.5
Value of total building$m
3.3
3.3
7.3
8.9
21.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
41
53
58
58
62
Other vehiclesno.
34
42
52
67
62
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
76
95
109
125
124
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 740
1 838
1 961
2 129
2 258
Campervansno.
19
20
27
28
32
Light commercial vehiclesno.
497
515
583
634
655
Light rigid trucksno.
17
18
23
24
29
Heavy rigid trucksno.
44
48
56
63
59
Articulated trucksno.
12
13
13
14
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
17
14
13
13
15
Motorcyclesno.
94
103
109
129
138
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 439
2 570
2 789
3 035
3 199
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
466
483
498
518
527
Campervansno.
5
5
7
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
133
135
148
154
153
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
13
14
15
14
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
25
27
28
31
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
653
676
709
738
746
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
773
691
672
621
513
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 268
1 419
1 614
1 866
2 085
Dieselno.
332
382
426
474
523
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
66
78
77
74
78
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
40 339.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
36.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
10.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
24.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
339.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
29
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 702
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0