National Regional Profile: Mackay (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
790
707
1 117
1 141
1 167
Total dwelling unitsno.
966
824
1 372
1 603
1 536
Value of total residential building$m
153.0
147.4
262.8
367.3
378.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
101.6
63.0
80.5
168.3
165.2
Value of total building$m
254.6
210.4
343.4
535.6
543.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 421
2 637
3 006
3 412
3 847
Other vehiclesno.
2 433
2 987
3 484
4 513
5 272
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 854
5 624
6 488
7 924
9 119
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
59 378
61 706
64 189
67 566
71 928
Campervansno.
214
233
259
270
291
Light commercial vehiclesno.
23 595
24 877
25 838
27 629
29 983
Light rigid trucksno.
630
715
764
850
971
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 927
2 936
2 938
3 021
3 234
Articulated trucksno.
565
626
625
712
757
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
87
104
86
98
121
Busesno.
627
652
621
650
710
Motorcyclesno.
4 226
4 464
4 728
5 037
5 651
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
92 246
96 314
100 047
105 832
113 640
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
420
426
432
439
450
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
167
172
174
179
188
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
20
20
20
20
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
30
31
32
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
653
665
674
687
711
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
16 674
14 865
12 906
11 122
9 444
Petrol - Unleadedno.
56 067
60 581
65 239
71 057
78 187
Dieselno.
18 717
20 024
21 000
22 737
25 005
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
787
843
901
916
1 005
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 527 783.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
76 217.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6 380.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
826.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
886.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
149 852.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
303
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 965
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 223 539
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
17 236
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0