National Regional Profile: Sunshine Coast (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 309   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 744
3 429
3 074
2 232
2 052
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 584
5 062
5 152
3 304
2 935
Value of total residential building$m
570.2
912.3
1 188.7
880.3
853.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
165.2
183.0
237.4
288.1
406.7
Value of total building$m
735.4
1 095.4
1 426.1
1 168.4
1 260.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 042
5 606
6 233
6 700
6 903
Other vehiclesno.
3 366
4 541
5 569
6 140
5 748
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 403
10 143
11 802
12 837
12 651
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
130 277
139 669
146 923
153 079
159 539
Campervansno.
629
715
810
842
910
Light commercial vehiclesno.
25 726
27 492
29 712
31 608
33 424
Light rigid trucksno.
1 012
1 142
1 296
1 448
1 605
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 218
2 401
2 654
2 868
2 886
Articulated trucksno.
438
473
476
512
524
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
124
138
128
141
146
Busesno.
958
941
906
952
988
Motorcyclesno.
5 265
6 023
6 614
7 459
8 383
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
166 643
178 993
189 522
198 908
208 409
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
508
522
529
534
541
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
100
103
107
110
113
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
10
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
23
24
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
650
669
683
694
706
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
35 752
31 648
26 881
22 333
18 323
Petrol - Unleadedno.
111 559
125 852
138 907
150 683
161 900
Dieselno.
16 247
18 170
20 282
22 331
24 440
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 086
3 324
3 451
3 560
3 745
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
94 253.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
494.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
576.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 799.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4 162.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 998.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
188
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
15 220
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
36 144
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 203
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0