National Regional Profile: Rockhampton (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330056350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
199
140
200
198
215
Total dwelling unitsno.
276
177
294
220
276
Value of total residential building$m
34.3
29.3
44.9
44.2
61.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
31.8
29.0
31.5
28.3
61.0
Value of total building$m
66.1
58.2
76.4
72.6
122.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 515
1 480
1 628
1 881
1 752
Other vehiclesno.
972
1 067
1 151
1 464
1 715
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 487
2 547
2 778
3 344
3 467
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
24 726
25 061
25 220
25 955
26 925
Campervansno.
71
79
81
80
78
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 062
6 264
6 504
6 732
7 118
Light rigid trucksno.
224
243
249
250
285
Heavy rigid trucksno.
603
620
634
684
734
Articulated trucksno.
97
102
89
96
110
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
51
68
88
87
98
Busesno.
204
206
194
205
210
Motorcyclesno.
1 278
1 266
1 273
1 349
1 544
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
33 317
33 909
34 331
35 437
37 102
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
417
419
415
421
430
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
102
105
107
109
114
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
11
12
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
2
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
22
21
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
561
567
565
575
593
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 511
6 439
5 543
4 711
3 933
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 670
22 964
24 115
25 673
27 655
Dieselno.
3 807
4 156
4 330
4 692
5 081
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
329
349
342
361
432
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 508.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
17.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
7.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
7.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 161
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0