National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 375
1 003
1 557
1 455
1 525
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 742
1 397
2 047
2 038
2 093
Value of total residential building$m
246.6
243.4
381.5
455.2
484.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
226.8
141.0
150.0
198.0
362.6
Value of total building$m
473.4
384.3
531.5
653.2
847.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 855
4 069
4 677
4 828
5 018
Other vehiclesno.
3 241
3 467
3 881
4 539
4 949
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 095
7 537
8 560
9 366
9 969
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
82 486
84 398
86 663
90 256
93 896
Campervansno.
269
296
337
347
383
Light commercial vehiclesno.
27 991
28 649
29 517
30 768
32 292
Light rigid trucksno.
896
940
959
1 033
1 150
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 795
2 778
2 885
2 965
3 117
Articulated trucksno.
563
614
641
664
699
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
156
161
203
185
191
Busesno.
709
763
718
751
780
Motorcyclesno.
5 979
6 271
6 441
6 745
7 588
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
121 852
124 872
128 360
133 718
140 099
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
426
429
433
441
448
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
144
146
148
150
154
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
14
15
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
31
32
32
33
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
629
635
642
653
668
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
23 055
20 073
17 377
14 895
12 557
Petrol - Unleadedno.
77 519
82 411
87 499
93 959
100 957
Dieselno.
19 994
21 101
22 186
23 535
25 178
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 279
1 293
1 296
1 329
1 404
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 907 879.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 546.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 785.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 875.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 249.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
153 266.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 268
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
52
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
717 045
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 684
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0