National Regional Profile: Browns Plains (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304601   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
243
254
109
119
126
Total dwelling unitsno.
243
254
110
123
144
Value of total residential building$m
27.8
34.5
19.8
18.0
27.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.2
15.9
6.0
17.3
33.2
Value of total building$m
38.0
50.4
25.9
35.4
60.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
399
507
658
654
600
Other vehiclesno.
223
297
441
521
404
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
622
804
1 099
1 175
1 004
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 516
14 354
14 879
15 181
15 546
Campervansno.
21
28
29
29
36
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 373
2 575
2 795
2 874
3 022
Light rigid trucksno.
111
113
126
134
144
Heavy rigid trucksno.
248
247
278
277
312
Articulated trucksno.
76
73
62
63
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
14
16
17
20
Busesno.
51
71
61
64
66
Motorcyclesno.
531
586
592
653
740
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 934
18 060
18 838
19 293
20 013
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
492
509
519
529
534
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
86
91
97
100
104
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
10
10
11
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
2
2
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
3
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
19
21
21
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
616
640
656
672
688
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 721
3 293
2 702
2 031
1 617
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 682
13 101
14 279
15 283
16 201
Dieselno.
1 254
1 385
1 561
1 666
1 870
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
277
282
296
313
325
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.5
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