National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016906   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
254
313
280
252
181
Total dwelling unitsno.
321
394
356
341
233
Value of total residential building$m
43.6
55.2
57.2
59.9
50.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.6
17.4
6.8
11.7
33.8
Value of total building$m
52.2
72.6
64.0
71.6
84.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
543
596
729
783
744
Other vehiclesno.
371
450
555
675
577
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
914
1 046
1 284
1 459
1 321
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 495
11 861
12 479
13 087
13 395
Campervansno.
24
29
34
35
39
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 634
2 717
2 892
3 090
3 261
Light rigid trucksno.
95
108
123
133
140
Heavy rigid trucksno.
365
351
358
379
394
Articulated trucksno.
138
138
137
155
160
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
17
19
20
22
Busesno.
110
103
65
70
78
Motorcyclesno.
454
479
514
586
657
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 333
15 803
16 621
17 556
18 146
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
479
476
480
483
482
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
110
109
111
114
117
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
639
634
640
648
653
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 588
3 142
2 768
2 419
2 069
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 959
10 786
11 853
12 915
13 684
Dieselno.
1 599
1 687
1 810
2 021
2 188
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
187
188
189
200
206
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
30.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
17
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0