National Regional Profile: Townsville (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345157084   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
32
14
16
18
16
Total dwelling unitsno.
32
14
16
18
16
Value of total residential building$m
2.9
2.2
2.7
3.7
3.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
Value of total building$m
2.9
2.2
2.9
3.7
4.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
12
15
14
24
20
Other vehiclesno.
50
52
60
58
71
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
62
67
74
82
91
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
911
952
938
950
984
Campervansno.
7
6
6
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
546
578
576
578
590
Light rigid trucksno.
18
20
22
20
22
Heavy rigid trucksno.
71
76
74
78
76
Articulated trucksno.
16
18
17
17
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
0
0
Busesno.
8
9
10
11
9
Motorcyclesno.
67
68
76
73
87
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 645
1 728
1 719
1 734
1 790
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
247
250
245
246
249
Campervansno.
2
2
2
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
148
152
150
150
150
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
20
19
20
19
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
2
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
20
19
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
445
454
449
449
454
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
321
290
253
209
177
Petrol - Unleadedno.
797
866
894
935
1 010
Dieselno.
511
554
556
576
587
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
17
18
15
15
16
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
96 893.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
24.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
133.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
301.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
317.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
24 151
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
33
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0