National Regional Profile: Greater Launceston (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
401
352
437
462
353
Total dwelling unitsno.
501
451
529
567
479
Value of total residential building$m
64.3
65.5
96.1
115.1
102.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
34.8
43.3
46.0
61.7
70.8
Value of total building$m
99.0
108.8
142.1
176.7
173.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 196
1 898
2 567
2 631
2 636
Other vehiclesno.
1 063
1 340
1 579
2 010
1 853
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 261
3 238
4 146
4 640
4 490
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
52 685
53 024
54 728
56 061
57 666
Campervansno.
598
654
673
706
705
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 722
12 195
12 758
13 270
13 835
Light rigid trucksno.
392
414
439
458
491
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 294
1 319
1 371
1 387
1 473
Articulated trucksno.
355
358
373
350
328
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
72
68
65
68
529
Busesno.
390
368
352
372
397
Motorcyclesno.
1 936
1 857
1 998
2 091
2 396
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
69 447
70 255
72 758
74 761
77 817
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
532
528
538
546
558
Campervansno.
6
7
7
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
118
121
125
129
134
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
5
Busesno.
4
4
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
18
20
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
701
699
715
728
753
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 509
17 949
15 701
13 374
11 728
Petrol - Unleadedno.
42 131
45 081
49 287
53 041
56 645
Dieselno.
6 045
6 477
7 022
7 620
8 710
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
763
749
746
724
737
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
39 049.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
349.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
74.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
375.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
401.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
176.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
61 494
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 383
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 947
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0