National Regional Profile: Magnetic Island (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057031   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
41
39
26
24
28
Total dwelling unitsno.
45
42
43
167
40
Value of total residential building$m
5.7
6.6
8.6
53.6
8.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
1.1
2.7
9.1
64.4
Value of total building$m
6.4
7.7
11.3
62.7
73.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
12
15
9
21
14
Other vehiclesno.
19
10
23
24
30
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
31
25
32
45
44
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 154
1 234
1 278
1 295
1 345
Campervansno.
13
13
16
15
15
Light commercial vehiclesno.
350
371
392
394
401
Light rigid trucksno.
15
13
14
16
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
21
19
25
26
Articulated trucksno.
0
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
22
23
24
23
27
Motorcyclesno.
109
122
127
150
165
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 688
1 799
1 872
1 920
2 001
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
548
575
603
596
600
Campervansno.
6
6
8
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
166
173
185
181
179
Light rigid trucksno.
7
6
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
9
11
12
Articulated trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
10
11
11
11
12
Motorcyclesno.
52
57
60
69
74
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
801
839
883
883
893
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
675
640
581
499
459
Petrol - Unleadedno.
806
934
1 036
1 150
1 260
Dieselno.
185
205
228
247
259
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
22
20
27
24
23
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