National Regional Profile: Petrie (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305405974   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
106
122
98
29
23
Total dwelling unitsno.
106
122
105
31
23
Value of total residential building$m
14.1
18.6
18.4
6.7
5.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.4
1.8
3.4
1.2
1.0
Value of total building$m
14.5
20.3
21.7
7.9
6.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
103
127
164
182
183
Other vehiclesno.
59
73
117
120
111
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
162
200
281
302
294
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 899
4 105
4 337
4 432
4 447
Campervansno.
5
9
13
12
13
Light commercial vehiclesno.
602
625
679
710
788
Light rigid trucksno.
16
18
20
25
25
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
30
30
40
40
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
0
0
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
0
0
Busesno.
10
11
11
11
8
Motorcyclesno.
170
163
176
207
242
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 741
4 966
5 270
5 441
5 568
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
475
483
496
503
505
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
73
74
78
81
89
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
3
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
21
19
20
23
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
577
584
603
617
632
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
965
844
725
571
471
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 383
3 686
4 084
4 377
4 551
Dieselno.
313
335
360
407
454
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
80
101
101
86
92
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