National Regional Profile: Gold Coast (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
4 297
4 076
3 941
3 449
3 477
Total dwelling unitsno.
6 558
8 436
8 017
6 615
6 604
Value of total residential building$m
1 111.2
1 746.7
1 911.0
1 769.9
1 831.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
236.4
536.3
524.9
650.2
1 013.1
Value of total building$m
1 347.6
2 283.0
2 435.9
2 420.0
2 844.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
9 519
10 978
12 107
12 930
13 636
Other vehiclesno.
5 299
6 689
8 710
9 480
9 163
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
14 821
17 672
20 823
22 413
22 802
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
244 301
259 509
270 138
280 018
292 616
Campervansno.
914
1 053
1 123
1 168
1 252
Light commercial vehiclesno.
39 096
42 002
45 080
48 291
51 883
Light rigid trucksno.
1 710
1 924
2 103
2 346
2 647
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 952
4 165
4 535
4 885
5 322
Articulated trucksno.
717
749
826
927
1 010
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
277
261
251
228
236
Busesno.
1 861
1 847
1 731
1 859
1 984
Motorcyclesno.
8 171
8 962
9 845
11 154
13 039
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
300 996
320 469
335 618
350 885
369 995
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
543
554
558
560
565
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
87
90
93
96
100
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
20
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
669
684
693
701
714
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
60 195
52 766
43 662
35 644
28 965
Petrol - Unleadedno.
214 302
239 116
261 005
281 579
304 014
Dieselno.
20 799
22 753
25 014
27 640
30 608
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
5 702
5 841
5 940
6 021
6 407
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
45 249.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
244.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
99.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
165.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
212.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 913.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
173
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 029
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
14 303
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0