National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
172
229
271
299
458
Total dwelling units no.
224
297
335
388
490

Value of private sector houses $m
21.9
31.6
38.5
51.7
84.5
Value of new residential building $m
30.7
41.8
48.6
67.9
90.7
Value of total residential building $m
36.4
51.5
55.8
77.1
102.5
Value of total non-residential building $m
21.3
39.1
57.5
63.4
65.9
Value of total building $m
57.7
90.6
113.3
140.5
168.4

Average value of private sector houses $'000
127.5
137.8
142.1
172.9
184.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
482
490
501
504
495
Campervans no.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
134
135
139
142
141
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucks no.
19
19
19
19
19
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
4
4
4
4
Motorcycles no.
29
29
31
34
34
Total registered motor vehicles no.
678
687
705
716
706

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
9 219
9 622
10 304
11 020
10 674
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
12 182
12 592
12 913
13 345
13 400
10 years or older no.
31 304
31 259
31 913
32 099
32 050

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
175.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
84.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
48.7
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
308.3
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
43 200 348.5
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
357 637.7
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
142.7
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
117.5
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
117.5
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
53 559.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
2 074 503
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
216
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
201 212
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
7 039
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0