National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 31507   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
981
780
737
905
882
Total dwelling units no.
1 190
1 011
1 245
1 114
1 094

Value of private sector houses $m
145.0
129.4
127.3
167.1
171.2
Value of new residential building $m
176.1
171.3
228.6
205.2
214.8
Value of total residential building $m
183.4
181.6
238.1
214.7
225.8
Value of total non-residential building $m
19.4
90.0
34.7
59.1
64.5
Value of total building $m
202.8
271.5
272.8
273.9
290.4

Average value of private sector houses $'000
147.8
165.9
172.7
184.7
194.1

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
498
504
503
509
512
Campervans no.
4
4
5
4
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
102
106
107
109
112
Light rigid trucks no.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
9
9
10
10
11
Articulated trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
0
0
0
0
Buses no.
7
6
6
6
5
Motorcycles no.
24
24
27
30
32
Total registered motor vehicles no.
650
660
663
673
682

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
6 343
7 219
8 386
9 256
9 784
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
7 330
7 842
8 347
9 145
10 031
10 years or older no.
16 094
16 733
16 913
17 496
18 321

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
10.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
1.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
1.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
13.4
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
13 723.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
0.1
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
257.9
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
1 762.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
7
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
3 682
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
7
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0