National Regional Profile: Wide Bay-Burnett (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 691
2 076
2 892
2 557
2 434
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 063
2 363
3 502
3 288
3 434
Value of total residential building$m
237.2
319.1
532.3
609.3
634.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
72.3
86.1
101.1
229.0
198.7
Value of total building$m
309.5
405.2
633.4
838.3
833.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 615
3 839
4 647
5 037
4 766
Other vehiclesno.
2 919
3 363
4 300
5 070
4 876
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 533
7 201
8 943
10 107
9 641
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
108 143
113 206
119 652
125 080
129 969
Campervansno.
625
755
882
943
1 037
Light commercial vehiclesno.
32 918
34 315
36 620
38 533
40 481
Light rigid trucksno.
1 211
1 288
1 395
1 556
1 691
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 431
4 536
4 727
4 808
4 988
Articulated trucksno.
957
989
1 028
1 078
1 077
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
133
174
224
172
180
Busesno.
1 269
1 333
1 287
1 333
1 370
Motorcyclesno.
6 564
6 823
7 168
7 671
8 580
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
156 247
163 406
172 978
181 174
189 371
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
449
459
472
479
483
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
137
139
145
148
150
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
18
19
18
19
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
27
28
28
29
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
649
663
683
694
703
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
41 865
37 631
33 146
28 683
24 182
Petrol - Unleadedno.
86 520
95 712
106 683
116 849
126 638
Dieselno.
25 031
27 155
30 081
32 439
35 138
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 834
2 908
3 065
3 206
3 418
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 742 768.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
27 189.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
7 632.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
12 430.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14 282.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
75 030.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6 506
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
41 385
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
826 420
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
210 575
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0