National Regional Profile: Mackay (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340104765   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
82
28
56
62
55
Total dwelling unitsno.
82
28
56
62
56
Value of total residential building$m
10.5
5.7
11.7
15.3
17.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.4
4.3
0.1
1.2
2.0
Value of total building$m
10.9
9.9
11.9
16.5
19.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
176
172
197
232
294
Other vehiclesno.
161
192
216
296
394
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
337
363
413
528
688
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 007
5 140
5 288
5 464
5 778
Campervansno.
15
18
24
29
25
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 324
2 372
2 414
2 547
2 744
Light rigid trucksno.
59
70
74
84
92
Heavy rigid trucksno.
313
311
285
286
298
Articulated trucksno.
45
53
67
75
66
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
6
5
7
9
Busesno.
37
40
37
38
44
Motorcyclesno.
339
352
363
390
458
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 144
8 361
8 558
8 922
9 514
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
433
434
440
441
453
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
201
200
201
206
215
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
26
24
23
23
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
29
30
30
31
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
705
706
712
720
746
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 496
1 313
1 149
988
811
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 810
5 112
5 386
5 782
6 379
Dieselno.
1 784
1 872
1 954
2 082
2 249
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
54
63
69
69
75
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
195 480.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
712.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
18.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
59.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
80.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
47 611.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
168
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
42 832
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0