National Regional Profile: Rockhampton (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 33005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
288
209
260
324
353
Total dwelling unitsno.
367
254
356
348
416
Value of total residential building$m
45.6
41.1
56.4
68.7
90.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
32.9
30.3
32.8
30.1
61.3
Value of total building$m
78.5
71.4
89.2
98.9
151.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 651
1 599
1 753
2 041
1 925
Other vehiclesno.
1 136
1 229
1 320
1 691
1 940
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 787
2 828
3 073
3 731
3 865
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
28 184
28 708
28 731
29 908
31 108
Campervansno.
85
96
96
95
93
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 580
7 853
8 039
8 384
8 893
Light rigid trucksno.
262
291
301
313
355
Heavy rigid trucksno.
882
905
898
956
1 014
Articulated trucksno.
161
166
148
159
174
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
61
81
100
98
110
Busesno.
235
236
221
231
238
Motorcyclesno.
1 457
1 455
1 457
1 564
1 799
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
38 907
39 789
39 990
41 707
43 784
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
413
416
408
417
424
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
111
114
114
117
121
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
13
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
2
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
571
576
568
582
597
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 696
7 498
6 425
5 493
4 605
Petrol - Unleadedno.
24 633
26 245
27 397
29 534
31 922
Dieselno.
5 197
5 634
5 766
6 250
6 746
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
382
411
401
430
510
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
23 988.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
106.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
72.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
7.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
7.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
117.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
753
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 520
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0