National Regional Profile: South Townsville (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057065   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1
5
3
1
0
Total dwelling unitsno.
7
50
49
35
48
Value of total residential building$m
1.3
7.8
5.3
6.7
21.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
45.4
0.8
0.0
13.2
Value of total building$m
2.0
53.2
6.2
6.7
34.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
117
138
163
143
147
Other vehiclesno.
92
95
114
106
119
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
209
233
277
249
265
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 087
1 076
1 157
1 173
1 181
Campervansno.
3
4
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
295
293
308
307
309
Light rigid trucksno.
12
13
14
15
17
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
26
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
9
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
0
0
3
Busesno.
11
12
10
11
10
Motorcyclesno.
87
88
95
96
108
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 528
1 517
1 625
1 638
1 661
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
553
533
555
576
579
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
150
145
148
151
151
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
4
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
0
0
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
44
44
46
47
53
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
778
752
780
804
814
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
277
237
215
180
145
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 051
1 073
1 186
1 235
1 287
Dieselno.
181
190
207
205
214
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
18
18
18
17
16
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0