National Regional Profile: Whitsunday (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340107330   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
142
101
152
145
127
Total dwelling unitsno.
232
130
258
380
325
Value of total residential building$m
46.2
26.9
62.2
124.3
78.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
32.0
11.5
11.3
39.3
56.1
Value of total building$m
78.2
38.4
73.4
163.6
134.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
225
255
255
291
318
Other vehiclesno.
248
345
334
455
433
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
473
600
589
746
751
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 204
6 462
6 752
7 208
7 647
Campervansno.
50
51
44
39
44
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 634
2 815
2 995
3 199
3 472
Light rigid trucksno.
71
76
76
91
104
Heavy rigid trucksno.
269
269
272
287
338
Articulated trucksno.
26
23
26
29
37
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
14
13
11
13
Busesno.
109
121
106
113
123
Motorcyclesno.
492
511
562
601
675
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 866
10 342
10 846
11 578
12 453
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
388
393
400
411
421
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
165
171
177
182
191
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
16
16
16
19
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
6
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
31
31
33
34
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
616
628
642
660
685
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 765
1 601
1 399
1 214
1 066
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 027
6 547
7 131
7 863
8 598
Dieselno.
1 952
2 075
2 183
2 373
2 648
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
122
119
133
128
141
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
161 296.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
39.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
63.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
25 337.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
36 115
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0