National Regional Profile: Far North SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 35010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
528
395
451
543
648
Total dwelling unitsno.
634
507
560
757
726
Value of total residential building$m
94.7
87.3
112.8
170.1
183.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
35.5
35.0
31.3
129.3
126.0
Value of total building$m
130.2
122.3
144.1
299.3
309.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 168
1 222
1 288
1 361
1 496
Other vehiclesno.
1 551
1 608
1 778
2 129
2 216
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 736
2 833
3 067
3 499
3 702
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
37 874
38 971
40 149
41 725
43 681
Campervansno.
178
199
221
231
249
Light commercial vehiclesno.
18 518
18 824
19 462
20 034
21 008
Light rigid trucksno.
575
634
626
652
707
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 159
2 209
2 244
2 256
2 372
Articulated trucksno.
378
373
391
424
459
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
42
46
42
55
46
Busesno.
985
979
977
1 026
1 048
Motorcyclesno.
2 718
2 824
2 959
3 065
3 359
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
63 428
65 064
67 068
69 495
72 949
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
336
342
350
361
376
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
164
165
170
173
181
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
20
19
20
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
9
9
9
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
24
25
26
26
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
563
571
585
601
629
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 249
10 984
9 583
8 296
7 050
Petrol - Unleadedno.
33 338
35 367
37 847
40 537
43 813
Dieselno.
17 323
18 154
19 050
20 059
21 461
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
517
552
587
597
634
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16 040 843.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
7 793.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 580.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
7 296.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
19 016.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
89 279.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
240
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29 559
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
884 158
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 832
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0