National Regional Profile: Longreach (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 335054700   
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 INDUSTRY


2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
14
14
3
11
8
Total dwelling unitsno.
17
14
5
11
8
Value of total residential building$m
4.4
2.3
1.4
2.7
2.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.5
3.1
1.1
7.6
1.5
Value of total building$m
5.0
5.4
2.5
10.3
3.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
65
63
72
53
53
Other vehiclesno.
144
115
142
127
136
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
209
178
214
181
189
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 515
1 471
1 431
1 447
1 434
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
934
932
931
949
939
Light rigid trucksno.
20
24
31
31
31
Heavy rigid trucksno.
143
147
139
135
140
Articulated trucksno.
33
32
31
35
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
5
4
3
3
Busesno.
36
32
25
29
29
Motorcyclesno.
102
106
96
88
90
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 791
2 751
2 693
2 720
2 704
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
379
375
368
378
382
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
234
238
239
248
250
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
8
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
36
37
36
35
37
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
9
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
9
8
6
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
26
27
25
23
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
699
701
692
710
720
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
456
392
342
304
266
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 427
1 444
1 441
1 492
1 492
Dieselno.
878
887
875
897
921
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
31
29
35
27
24
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 379 306.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
382 622
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
72 915
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0