National Regional Profile: Surfers Paradise (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103587   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
23
22
21
13
19
Total dwelling unitsno.
304
1 092
1 108
227
355
Value of total residential building$m
93.5
347.1
401.9
70.5
140.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.1
23.1
44.5
6.9
20.0
Value of total building$m
109.5
370.2
446.4
77.3
160.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
720
784
936
921
913
Other vehiclesno.
342
373
452
477
532
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 062
1 158
1 387
1 399
1 446
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 840
12 675
13 310
13 663
14 319
Campervansno.
35
37
43
37
40
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 136
1 297
1 567
1 690
1 752
Light rigid trucksno.
50
57
94
116
127
Heavy rigid trucksno.
64
77
218
236
249
Articulated trucksno.
17
17
26
25
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
4
16
10
11
Busesno.
111
119
120
111
129
Motorcyclesno.
365
439
481
544
580
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 624
14 722
15 877
16 433
17 236
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
689
697
706
701
709
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
66
71
83
87
87
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
7
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
21
24
26
28
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
793
809
842
843
854
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 269
2 044
1 670
1 373
1 092
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 577
11 800
13 046
13 822
14 701
Dieselno.
568
643
918
1 007
1 175
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
210
235
243
231
267
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