National Regional Profile: Queensland   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 3   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
29 540
25 000
25 106
28 590
29 951
Total dwelling units no.
45 233
39 316
38 033
41 516
45 052

Value of private sector houses $m
5 372.3
5 127.7
5 463.0
6 622.2
7 558.9
Value of new residential building $m
8 249.5
8 115.9
8 144.3
9 316.1
11 494.0
Value of total residential building $m
9 139.0
9 078.2
9 189.3
10 517.6
12 741.0
Value of total non-residential building $m
3 272.7
4 321.7
6 152.9
6 760.7
8 186.0
Value of total building $m
12 411.7
13 399.9
15 342.2
17 278.4
20 926.9

Average value of private sector houses $'000
181.9
205.1
217.6
231.6
252.4

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
507
514
522
527
535
Campervans no.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
118
122
127
131
136
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucks no.
14
14
15
15
16
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcycles no.
23
24
27
30
32
Total registered motor vehicles no.
677
691
707
720
737

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
685 407
753 220
846 449
914 161
969 594
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
685 382
717 778
747 490
781 690
821 975
10 years or older no.
1 268 731
1 284 443
1 291 402
1 311 691
1 360 390

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
4 204.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
4 125.2
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
415.8
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
8 745.3
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
145 519 375.7
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
1 416 623.4
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
37 668.2
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
35 414.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
53 789.9
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
691 516.9
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
4 465 713
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
193 601
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
11 353 920
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
691 054
-
-

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