National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016908   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
49
24
63
32
105
Total dwelling unitsno.
92
122
228
248
236
Value of total residential building$m
9.2
9.5
25.1
23.8
35.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.9
8.0
6.7
21.8
18.4
Value of total building$m
18.1
17.5
31.8
45.6
53.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
539
583
698
740
695
Other vehiclesno.
361
430
521
624
524
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
900
1 014
1 219
1 363
1 219
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 053
11 207
11 497
11 881
12 133
Campervansno.
22
26
30
30
34
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 411
2 450
2 519
2 660
2 817
Light rigid trucksno.
87
98
109
118
124
Heavy rigid trucksno.
316
305
299
318
332
Articulated trucksno.
132
131
126
142
147
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
16
17
19
21
Busesno.
109
100
61
66
73
Motorcyclesno.
427
445
462
518
576
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 574
14 777
15 120
15 751
16 257
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
492
497
506
512
516
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
107
109
111
115
120
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
648
656
665
679
691
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 387
2 920
2 508
2 158
1 843
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 572
10 183
10 898
11 698
12 367
Dieselno.
1 438
1 501
1 547
1 719
1 865
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
176
174
168
176
181
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
24.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
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