National Regional Profile: Whitsunday (R) - Whitsunday (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340107345   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
152
145
127
175
89
Total dwelling units no.
258
380
325
389
202

Value of private sector houses $m
38.6
39.2
38.9
79.3
33.0
Value of new residential building $m
59.1
120.6
73.9
118.1
53.9
Value of total residential building $m
62.2
124.3
78.3
123.0
57.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
11.3
39.3
56.1
90.8
29.1
Value of total building $m
73.4
163.6
134.4
213.8
86.5

Average value of private sector houses $'000
253.6
270.1
306.1
453.0
370.9

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
400
411
421
430
437
Campervans no.
3
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
178
182
191
200
206
Light rigid trucks no.
4
5
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucks no.
16
16
19
20
20
Articulated trucks no.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
6
6
7
7
7
Motorcycles no.
33
34
37
44
44
Total registered motor vehicles no.
643
660
686
712
726

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 504
2 839
3 354
3 731
3 876
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 061
3 127
3 194
3 402
3 575
10 years or older no.
5 308
5 629
5 918
6 155
6 583

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
57.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
8.2
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
66.0
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
161 296.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
39.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
63.7
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
25 337.8
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
0
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
36 115
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0