National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253962   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
251
357
480
246
439
Total dwelling unitsno.
337
425
608
314
494
Value of total residential building$m
41.7
57.7
95.6
63.2
92.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
31.0
27.8
61.2
48.6
166.8
Value of total building$m
72.7
85.5
156.7
111.8
259.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 301
1 435
1 660
1 712
1 663
Other vehiclesno.
754
779
1 080
1 233
1 159
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 055
2 214
2 740
2 945
2 822
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
32 604
33 526
34 466
35 212
35 944
Campervansno.
58
71
93
94
94
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 213
6 468
6 838
7 160
7 564
Light rigid trucksno.
268
273
278
298
310
Heavy rigid trucksno.
572
584
631
660
715
Articulated trucksno.
193
201
228
242
228
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
27
34
26
37
Busesno.
224
220
221
242
244
Motorcyclesno.
1 425
1 405
1 503
1 641
1 786
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
41 587
42 776
44 292
45 575
46 919
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
481
489
495
498
502
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
92
94
98
101
106
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
9
9
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
613
624
637
645
655
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 054
9 715
8 288
6 891
5 667
Petrol - Unleadedno.
26 315
28 614
31 103
33 457
35 547
Dieselno.
3 591
3 789
4 193
4 519
4 936
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
627
657
708
707
768
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 510.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
70.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
253.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
18
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
972
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
11
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0