National Regional Profile: Maroochy (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 149
1 602
1 353
1 181
1 056
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 485
2 577
2 632
1 771
1 482
Value of total residential building$m
230.9
431.9
604.0
470.2
397.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
90.7
95.6
141.7
132.3
189.9
Value of total building$m
321.7
527.5
745.7
602.5
587.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 712
2 949
3 384
3 555
3 621
Other vehiclesno.
1 636
2 325
2 946
3 226
3 022
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 347
5 271
6 330
6 779
6 642
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
66 993
71 891
75 605
78 994
82 219
Campervansno.
291
333
390
407
435
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 054
13 890
15 022
16 123
16 926
Light rigid trucksno.
499
558
635
702
784
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 102
1 218
1 388
1 567
1 529
Articulated trucksno.
212
233
219
226
226
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
62
78
69
78
80
Busesno.
552
412
419
568
614
Motorcyclesno.
2 778
3 127
3 423
3 904
4 349
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
85 546
91 739
97 167
102 566
107 163
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
507
522
529
535
539
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
99
101
105
109
111
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
9
10
11
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
23
24
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
648
666
680
694
702
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 203
16 136
13 785
11 380
9 305
Petrol - Unleadedno.
57 684
64 989
71 599
78 009
83 616
Dieselno.
8 135
8 948
10 065
11 393
12 360
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 525
1 666
1 719
1 783
1 883
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
28 832.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
238.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
543.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
811.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 849.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
125
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 682
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 018
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0