National Regional Profile: Douglas (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057014   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
156
108
273
199
132
Total dwelling unitsno.
175
196
395
204
176
Value of total residential building$m
24.9
34.3
70.5
45.0
40.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.2
5.2
15.6
4.7
6.5
Value of total building$m
29.2
39.5
86.1
49.7
47.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
76
73
99
109
117
Other vehiclesno.
52
62
72
97
105
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
128
135
172
206
222
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 605
1 661
1 972
2 225
2 425
Campervansno.
3
4
7
7
9
Light commercial vehiclesno.
431
450
547
623
691
Light rigid trucksno.
17
17
20
24
28
Heavy rigid trucksno.
41
40
54
57
62
Articulated trucksno.
10
12
14
15
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
7
10
9
9
Busesno.
13
13
13
14
16
Motorcyclesno.
110
119
146
167
196
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 237
2 324
2 783
3 142
3 453
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
421
396
404
382
379
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
113
107
112
107
108
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
10
11
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
29
28
30
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
587
554
570
539
539
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
408
356
354
327
280
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 525
1 643
2 021
2 344
2 637
Dieselno.
279
301
381
440
501
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
25
24
27
31
35
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0