National Regional Profile: Gold Coast North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30705   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
521
660
592
700
478
Total dwelling unitsno.
546
709
676
792
654
Value of total residential building$m
61.9
81.4
98.5
144.7
123.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
19.2
99.6
66.7
75.1
133.4
Value of total building$m
81.1
181.0
165.2
219.7
256.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
574
789
928
960
1 020
Other vehiclesno.
454
609
858
952
991
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 030
1 399
1 786
1 913
2 013
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 622
24 174
25 528
26 603
28 062
Campervansno.
91
118
115
121
139
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 963
5 400
5 881
6 292
6 918
Light rigid trucksno.
277
321
343
403
473
Heavy rigid trucksno.
757
777
834
910
1 010
Articulated trucksno.
233
248
285
319
357
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
24
26
29
40
Busesno.
186
156
138
133
152
Motorcyclesno.
930
999
1 112
1 234
1 465
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
30 079
32 221
34 267
36 047
38 615
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
478
490
499
500
507
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
105
109
115
118
125
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
16
17
18
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
3
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
22
23
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
635
653
669
677
698
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 009
6 315
5 332
4 381
3 539
Petrol - Unleadedno.
19 126
21 642
24 277
26 571
29 362
Dieselno.
3 275
3 567
3 960
4 392
4 930
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
670
699
700
705
781
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 249.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
53.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
36.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 765.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
42
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
424
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 170
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0