National Regional Profile: Cairns City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 35005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
602
678
1 030
1 086
888
Total dwelling unitsno.
836
1 287
1 551
2 045
1 321
Value of total residential building$m
107.4
204.7
270.6
403.2
272.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
85.4
156.0
57.0
191.7
109.4
Value of total building$m
192.7
360.7
327.6
594.9
381.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 365
3 885
5 723
6 312
5 394
Other vehiclesno.
1 735
2 000
2 441
2 763
2 795
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 097
5 886
8 164
9 075
8 189
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
52 373
54 171
56 536
59 186
62 284
Campervansno.
208
225
275
274
217
Light commercial vehiclesno.
14 185
14 668
15 246
16 285
17 131
Light rigid trucksno.
519
545
575
641
717
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 119
1 134
1 119
1 217
1 273
Articulated trucksno.
127
129
133
161
167
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
94
84
61
76
70
Busesno.
880
946
892
917
953
Motorcyclesno.
3 422
3 705
3 930
4 178
4 637
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
72 926
75 606
78 763
82 932
87 448
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
455
457
463
468
473
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
123
124
125
129
130
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
8
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
30
31
32
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
633
638
646
655
665
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 771
10 243
8 830
7 312
6 071
Petrol - Unleadedno.
49 768
53 302
57 331
61 992
66 944
Dieselno.
10 359
11 067
11 650
12 692
13 513
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 028
995
952
934
920
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
10 193.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
16.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
35.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 987.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
467
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0