National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Western Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052076   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
33
64
105
101
35
Total dwelling unitsno.
33
134
107
107
120
Value of total residential building$m
5.6
16.5
22.6
26.2
24.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
2.1
3.6
1.5
2.0
Value of total building$m
6.3
18.6
26.2
27.7
26.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
473
554
847
910
789
Other vehiclesno.
233
273
329
366
381
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
706
827
1 176
1 276
1 170
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 194
6 538
6 866
7 233
7 683
Campervansno.
25
29
37
36
25
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 658
1 748
1 839
1 977
2 072
Light rigid trucksno.
63
68
72
83
91
Heavy rigid trucksno.
141
143
142
157
164
Articulated trucksno.
17
18
17
21
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
12
8
10
9
Busesno.
106
120
116
113
121
Motorcyclesno.
386
421
456
487
556
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 602
9 098
9 553
10 117
10 743
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
531
545
558
577
586
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
142
146
150
158
158
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
1
2
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
9
10
9
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
33
35
37
39
42
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
738
758
777
806
819
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 360
1 217
1 066
880
720
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 943
6 475
7 011
7 619
8 322
Dieselno.
1 175
1 284
1 359
1 504
1 592
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
124
123
117
114
109
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
54.6
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
-
-
-
-
15.0
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