National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Central Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052065   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
7
10
31
16
10
Total dwelling unitsno.
7
35
114
293
107
Value of total residential building$m
2.1
6.9
18.4
46.9
20.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
11.0
13.8
11.3
27.0
21.2
Value of total building$m
13.2
20.7
29.8
73.8
42.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
882
1 024
1 536
1 655
1 367
Other vehiclesno.
438
481
549
615
617
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 320
1 505
2 085
2 270
1 984
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 306
9 370
9 486
9 754
10 157
Campervansno.
44
48
61
57
36
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 570
2 609
2 629
2 727
2 808
Light rigid trucksno.
104
113
119
130
140
Heavy rigid trucksno.
251
249
235
250
258
Articulated trucksno.
29
31
30
35
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
24
14
19
17
Busesno.
200
220
207
195
200
Motorcyclesno.
602
617
655
687
748
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 135
13 281
13 437
13 854
14 400
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
431
432
434
430
442
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
119
120
120
120
122
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
11
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
9
10
9
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
28
28
30
30
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
608
613
614
611
627
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 029
1 721
1 468
1 173
963
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 027
9 406
9 820
10 416
11 097
Dieselno.
1 888
1 980
1 990
2 110
2 196
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
191
174
159
155
144
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0