National Regional Profile: Far North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43525   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
9
2
13
6
22
Total dwelling unitsno.
39
23
22
52
57
Value of total residential building$m
6.2
3.2
3.6
11.3
11.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.1
7.2
6.1
5.9
8.9
Value of total building$m
11.4
10.5
9.7
17.2
20.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
109
140
148
163
131
Other vehiclesno.
223
228
242
259
356
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
330
367
391
420
486
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 690
4 722
4 630
4 673
4 789
Campervansno.
30
36
35
31
33
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 940
1 894
1 876
1 878
1 920
Light rigid trucksno.
40
38
43
49
54
Heavy rigid trucksno.
204
189
187
184
208
Articulated trucksno.
57
55
47
51
55
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
55
54
50
37
36
Busesno.
89
90
91
94
105
Motorcyclesno.
325
318
312
325
332
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 425
7 393
7 271
7 324
7 538
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
416
429
429
442
468
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
172
172
174
178
188
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
17
17
17
20
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
5
3
4
Busesno.
8
8
8
9
10
Motorcyclesno.
29
29
29
31
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
659
672
673
692
737
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 341
2 043
1 723
1 464
1 282
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 749
3 963
4 137
4 359
4 624
Dieselno.
1 262
1 302
1 344
1 437
1 574
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
72
88
67
66
55
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
29 047 352.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 627.4
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
-
-
-
-
92.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
349 365
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
127 707
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0