National Regional Profile: Burdekin (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345151900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
37
29
32
16
34
Total dwelling unitsno.
41
30
40
18
51
Value of total residential building$m
6.6
6.0
8.6
4.6
9.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.8
4.9
12.8
5.8
2.7
Value of total building$m
8.4
10.9
21.4
10.4
12.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
363
361
393
373
400
Other vehiclesno.
431
425
398
447
537
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
794
786
791
820
937
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 617
7 583
7 624
7 796
7 845
Campervansno.
13
16
18
23
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 637
4 634
4 634
4 718
4 875
Light rigid trucksno.
86
92
97
104
108
Heavy rigid trucksno.
558
554
547
537
558
Articulated trucksno.
54
54
47
61
64
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
13
12
14
15
Busesno.
72
76
75
79
82
Motorcyclesno.
396
386
379
386
441
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 446
13 408
13 433
13 718
14 016
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
413
415
421
431
435
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
251
253
256
261
270
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
30
30
30
31
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
5
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
21
21
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
729
733
742
759
777
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 186
1 937
1 670
1 476
1 275
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 450
7 577
7 824
8 167
8 481
Dieselno.
3 681
3 765
3 811
3 946
4 127
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
129
129
128
129
133
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
404 294.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
761.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 252.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 303.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 439.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
88 020.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 808
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
15
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
61 835
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
396
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0