National Regional Profile: Banana (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330150350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
17
20
21
47
44
Total dwelling unitsno.
17
26
23
47
56
Value of total residential building$m
3.8
4.1
4.6
10.0
12.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.1
3.1
2.9
2.1
4.8
Value of total building$m
7.9
7.3
7.5
12.1
17.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
242
261
293
298
241
Other vehiclesno.
332
418
429
530
483
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
573
680
723
828
725
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 068
6 102
6 148
6 310
6 575
Campervansno.
22
21
24
20
22
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 917
2 953
3 000
3 107
3 301
Light rigid trucksno.
66
86
94
101
117
Heavy rigid trucksno.
624
602
608
595
601
Articulated trucksno.
106
113
112
95
105
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
18
18
20
25
Busesno.
82
76
69
69
78
Motorcyclesno.
409
413
411
448
516
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 312
10 385
10 486
10 766
11 340
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
424
432
438
449
462
Campervansno.
2
1
2
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
204
209
214
221
232
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
44
43
43
42
42
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
8
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
2
Busesno.
6
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
29
29
29
32
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
721
735
748
767
797
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 946
1 690
1 481
1 312
1 121
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 351
5 532
5 751
6 103
6 599
Dieselno.
2 944
3 086
3 183
3 262
3 518
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
71
76
71
89
102
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 541 751.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
32 198.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
206.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
31.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
31.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
10 312.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 090
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
880
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
408 366
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
20 203
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0