National Regional Profile: Fortescue (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 54010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
76
34
81
114
151
Total dwelling unitsno.
115
102
147
135
170
Value of total residential building$m
19.6
19.8
30.2
36.6
53.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.2
12.7
37.6
27.9
26.6
Value of total building$m
23.8
32.5
67.9
64.5
80.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
265
199
342
473
467
Other vehiclesno.
416
370
601
497
735
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
682
568
943
970
1 202
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 534
8 740
9 305
9 732
10 260
Campervansno.
61
76
85
78
83
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 251
3 205
3 354
3 500
3 712
Light rigid trucksno.
90
98
98
115
146
Heavy rigid trucksno.
443
462
477
519
563
Articulated trucksno.
93
91
87
93
115
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
54
54
54
49
58
Busesno.
280
264
296
264
278
Motorcyclesno.
854
853
888
914
986
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 659
13 843
14 644
15 263
16 201
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
400
399
412
418
424
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
152
146
149
150
154
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
21
21
22
23
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
13
12
13
11
11
Motorcyclesno.
40
39
39
39
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
640
631
649
655
670
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 314
2 021
1 813
1 568
1 362
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 661
6 966
7 522
8 011
8 648
Dieselno.
4 466
4 634
5 071
5 433
5 958
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
218
222
239
251
234
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 250 877.3
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.
-
-
-
-
50
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
105 299
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0