National Regional Profile: Birkdale (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305506254   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
69
105
52
43
56
Total dwelling unitsno.
147
133
76
43
72
Value of total residential building$m
16.6
22.2
14.1
11.5
16.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.1
1.2
11.4
1.6
2.4
Value of total building$m
16.7
23.3
25.5
13.2
18.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
233
299
282
271
275
Other vehiclesno.
122
144
190
212
188
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
355
443
472
483
463
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 147
7 358
7 555
7 622
7 781
Campervansno.
12
14
10
11
15
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 167
1 181
1 247
1 295
1 333
Light rigid trucksno.
48
53
52
48
58
Heavy rigid trucksno.
98
69
82
82
85
Articulated trucksno.
29
38
37
52
59
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
9
11
10
10
Busesno.
20
22
16
17
20
Motorcyclesno.
236
250
262
287
318
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 767
8 994
9 272
9 424
9 679
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
515
520
529
534
544
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
84
83
87
91
93
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
5
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
2
3
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
1
2
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
18
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
632
635
650
660
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 756
1 504
1 249
989
822
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 180
6 643
7 094
7 450
7 764
Dieselno.
676
678
769
825
921
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
155
169
160
160
172
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
12.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.4
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