National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
537
491
657
683
517
Total dwelling unitsno.
637
591
770
805
653
Value of total residential building$m
79.4
85.0
130.0
156.0
136.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
42.3
53.6
63.5
81.2
87.1
Value of total building$m
121.7
138.6
193.5
237.1
223.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 555
2 221
2 951
3 070
3 131
Other vehiclesno.
1 523
1 858
2 134
2 696
2 358
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 081
4 078
5 084
5 767
5 486
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
70 156
70 259
72 528
74 288
76 432
Campervansno.
845
925
963
1 014
1 050
Light commercial vehiclesno.
19 079
19 858
20 723
21 561
22 448
Light rigid trucksno.
603
629
652
675
715
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 202
2 210
2 272
2 279
2 386
Articulated trucksno.
632
604
630
623
579
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
114
92
93
92
564
Busesno.
613
595
561
590
620
Motorcyclesno.
2 832
2 702
2 897
3 043
3 425
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
97 071
97 875
101 315
104 164
108 220
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
525
520
530
538
551
Campervansno.
6
7
7
7
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
143
147
152
156
162
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
17
17
17
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
5
5
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
4
Busesno.
5
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
20
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
726
724
741
755
780
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
29 615
25 900
22 805
19 545
17 314
Petrol - Unleadedno.
55 709
59 568
65 059
70 097
74 878
Dieselno.
10 689
11 375
12 403
13 454
14 960
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 057
1 036
1 048
1 065
1 069
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
800 901.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
15 696.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6 910.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
455.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
525.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
7 264.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 466 811
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
70 274
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
225 838
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
13 474
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0