National Regional Profile: Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103562   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
95
46
37
18
14
Total dwelling unitsno.
203
104
73
35
23
Value of total residential building$m
33.9
21.7
23.1
15.1
11.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.3
3.9
10.9
9.1
31.8
Value of total building$m
42.2
25.7
34.0
24.2
43.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
353
385
397
413
411
Other vehiclesno.
155
191
248
237
239
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
509
576
645
650
650
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 769
8 952
9 069
9 132
9 568
Campervansno.
23
27
31
28
30
Light commercial vehiclesno.
982
1 012
1 029
1 061
1 199
Light rigid trucksno.
31
33
32
39
42
Heavy rigid trucksno.
58
63
64
62
69
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
7
6
6
10
Busesno.
30
28
27
27
32
Motorcyclesno.
222
235
249
280
334
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 131
10 365
10 514
10 640
11 289
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
537
541
542
543
561
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
60
61
62
63
70
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
14
14
15
17
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
620
626
629
632
662
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 792
1 507
1 181
944
765
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 766
8 265
8 715
9 037
9 774
Dieselno.
410
432
451
490
569
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
162
162
167
169
182
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