National Regional Profile: Southport (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103585   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
34
21
15
13
14
Total dwelling unitsno.
172
345
588
434
486
Value of total residential building$m
22.6
83.1
112.3
92.6
106.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
22.0
46.3
71.9
53.5
113.0
Value of total building$m
44.6
129.4
184.2
146.1
219.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
989
912
1 039
1 217
1 483
Other vehiclesno.
392
446
541
611
654
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 381
1 358
1 580
1 828
2 136
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 280
13 741
13 717
14 121
14 840
Campervansno.
48
52
55
55
59
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 964
2 034
2 084
2 205
2 323
Light rigid trucksno.
81
91
87
93
110
Heavy rigid trucksno.
193
192
218
233
225
Articulated trucksno.
35
30
39
44
42
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
22
20
17
16
15
Busesno.
140
136
106
138
134
Motorcyclesno.
372
407
437
500
581
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 136
16 700
16 760
17 404
18 329
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
567
584
572
570
574
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
84
87
87
89
90
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
4
6
5
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
18
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
689
710
699
702
708
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 625
3 093
2 514
2 034
1 593
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 200
12 242
12 861
13 868
15 156
Dieselno.
998
1 065
1 095
1 201
1 278
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
313
300
291
301
302
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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