National Regional Profile: Fitzroy (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33150   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
73
49
48
72
107
Total dwelling unitsno.
73
53
48
74
109
Value of total residential building$m
8.1
6.6
7.8
12.7
21.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.2
4.6
0.1
1.5
0.3
Value of total building$m
8.2
11.3
7.8
14.1
21.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
164
132
128
168
164
Other vehiclesno.
248
221
219
319
286
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
411
353
348
487
450
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 411
4 360
4 337
4 546
4 704
Campervansno.
19
23
21
22
22
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 263
2 225
2 243
2 353
2 524
Light rigid trucksno.
58
68
79
90
96
Heavy rigid trucksno.
458
438
431
441
464
Articulated trucksno.
132
126
123
120
129
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
17
17
17
21
Busesno.
60
54
51
55
53
Motorcyclesno.
223
225
228
240
280
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 635
7 538
7 531
7 885
8 292
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
433
419
408
419
420
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
222
214
211
217
225
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
45
42
41
41
41
Articulated trucksno.
13
12
12
11
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
22
22
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
749
724
708
726
739
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 598
1 352
1 173
1 030
898
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 752
3 896
4 013
4 347
4 697
Dieselno.
2 215
2 212
2 269
2 422
2 596
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
71
77
76
85
102
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
496 771.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
3 663.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
70.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
75.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
87.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
461.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
44
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
402
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
107 945
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 032
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0