National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253976   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
23
26
44
35
43
Total dwelling unitsno.
26
26
46
41
44
Value of total residential building$m
3.1
4.0
7.3
8.3
10.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.2
1.7
Value of total building$m
3.3
4.3
7.3
8.5
12.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
85
98
130
139
146
Other vehiclesno.
72
90
121
151
147
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
157
188
252
290
293
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 541
3 669
3 801
3 846
3 985
Campervansno.
10
11
13
13
15
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 117
1 145
1 213
1 310
1 359
Light rigid trucksno.
56
59
60
64
64
Heavy rigid trucksno.
173
178
189
196
200
Articulated trucksno.
36
39
40
52
54
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
3
4
3
3
Busesno.
26
27
26
24
24
Motorcyclesno.
196
204
200
228
260
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 159
5 334
5 545
5 737
5 963
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
442
459
480
486
505
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
139
143
153
165
172
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
22
24
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
24
26
25
29
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
668
700
724
756
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 377
1 236
1 076
913
763
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 902
3 167
3 452
3 723
4 027
Dieselno.
796
841
918
1 002
1 070
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
85
90
100
99
103
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 630.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
91.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
21.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
28.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
543
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 634
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
241
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0