National Regional Profile: Charters Towers (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345152300   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
16
17
10
15
13
Total dwelling unitsno.
23
25
18
21
23
Value of total residential building$m
3.2
3.3
2.7
3.7
4.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
3.3
2.1
3.5
0.5
Value of total building$m
5.2
6.6
4.8
7.1
4.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
88
97
101
107
107
Other vehiclesno.
166
142
173
212
211
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
254
239
274
319
318
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 989
3 024
3 047
3 120
3 205
Campervansno.
9
12
11
9
13
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 642
1 669
1 676
1 701
1 722
Light rigid trucksno.
48
55
54
58
64
Heavy rigid trucksno.
253
253
252
261
264
Articulated trucksno.
49
56
54
55
59
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
3
3
5
4
Busesno.
44
43
39
38
40
Motorcyclesno.
218
232
232
222
239
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 258
5 347
5 368
5 469
5 609
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
343
349
354
365
378
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
188
193
195
199
203
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
29
29
31
31
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
5
5
5
4
5
Motorcyclesno.
25
27
27
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
603
618
623
640
662
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
962
842
720
636
567
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 639
2 774
2 887
3 052
3 186
Dieselno.
1 621
1 687
1 715
1 739
1 812
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
36
44
45
42
44
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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
-
-
-
-
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