National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052068   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
7
31
68
35
19
Total dwelling unitsno.
81
182
141
130
21
Value of total residential building$m
7.8
27.2
27.6
24.2
8.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.9
5.0
9.4
60.3
9.9
Value of total building$m
8.7
32.2
37.1
84.5
18.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
479
568
871
943
778
Other vehiclesno.
238
267
311
351
351
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
717
835
1 182
1 294
1 129
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 057
5 195
5 380
5 561
5 782
Campervansno.
24
27
35
33
21
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 397
1 446
1 491
1 555
1 598
Light rigid trucksno.
57
63
67
74
79
Heavy rigid trucksno.
136
138
133
142
147
Articulated trucksno.
16
17
17
20
20
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
15
13
8
11
10
Busesno.
109
122
117
111
114
Motorcyclesno.
327
342
371
392
426
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 137
7 363
7 620
7 899
8 197
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
437
440
445
444
456
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
121
123
123
124
126
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
11
11
12
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
9
10
10
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
28
29
31
31
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
616
624
630
631
646
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 102
954
832
669
548
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 905
5 215
5 569
5 939
6 317
Dieselno.
1 026
1 097
1 129
1 203
1 250
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
104
96
90
88
82
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
800.8
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
-
-
-
-
570.5
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