National Regional Profile: Fitzroy (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
915
1 084
998
1 077
1 263
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 039
1 212
1 237
1 187
1 467
Value of total residential building$m
149.4
199.1
220.3
255.7
346.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
77.9
70.1
85.1
102.4
175.0
Value of total building$m
227.4
269.2
305.5
358.2
521.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 872
3 977
4 461
4 877
4 957
Other vehiclesno.
3 771
4 163
4 839
5 917
6 395
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 642
8 140
9 304
10 793
11 352
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
78 777
80 950
82 656
86 352
90 425
Campervansno.
259
301
316
330
332
Light commercial vehiclesno.
27 339
28 273
29 547
31 297
33 570
Light rigid trucksno.
828
922
1 049
1 130
1 261
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 766
3 718
3 747
3 978
4 213
Articulated trucksno.
835
846
824
871
926
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
158
201
236
238
258
Busesno.
751
751
735
779
821
Motorcyclesno.
4 774
4 974
5 161
5 504
6 287
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
117 491
120 931
124 267
130 477
138 085
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
426
430
430
441
451
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
148
150
154
160
167
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
19
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
26
26
27
28
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
636
643
646
666
688
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 304
21 151
18 307
15 816
13 367
Petrol - Unleadedno.
69 738
74 934
79 716
86 027
93 417
Dieselno.
22 273
23 582
24 952
27 272
29 750
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 177
1 262
1 295
1 365
1 552
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
11 513 273.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
220 951.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
591.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 072.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 868.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
48 914.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
19 632
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 932
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 901 503
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
23 410
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0