National Regional Profile: Ipswich City (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30525   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
850
1 038
1 873
1 545
1 726
Total dwelling unitsno.
939
1 115
2 117
1 739
1 820
Value of total residential building$m
115.9
162.2
334.9
314.8
341.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
62.6
37.7
103.6
122.7
436.6
Value of total building$m
178.6
199.9
438.5
437.5
778.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 089
2 324
2 750
3 032
2 967
Other vehiclesno.
1 242
1 382
1 936
2 292
2 160
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 331
3 705
4 686
5 324
5 127
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
60 701
62 978
65 660
68 273
71 345
Campervansno.
132
144
179
189
207
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 988
12 559
13 386
14 247
15 150
Light rigid trucksno.
551
583
582
622
666
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 255
1 296
1 413
1 476
1 577
Articulated trucksno.
439
472
491
518
510
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
56
57
61
58
73
Busesno.
435
422
419
442
454
Motorcyclesno.
2 712
2 802
3 021
3 358
3 820
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
78 270
81 314
85 214
89 188
93 801
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
472
481
488
490
497
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
93
96
100
102
105
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
22
24
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
608
621
634
640
653
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 273
17 985
15 310
12 736
10 524
Petrol - Unleadedno.
49 420
54 154
59 770
65 500
71 203
Dieselno.
7 341
7 860
8 707
9 480
10 443
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 238
1 314
1 428
1 472
1 631
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
38 837.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
516.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
252.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
8.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
399.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
19
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 961
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
17 684
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 254
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0