National Regional Profile: Cairns (R) - Western Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052076   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
104
100
34
59
55
Total dwelling units no.
106
106
119
221
63

Value of private sector houses $m
20.0
21.7
8.2
15.4
17.3
Value of new residential building $m
20.5
22.9
22.3
52.7
20.5
Value of total residential building $m
22.5
26.0
24.3
55.1
23.9
Value of total non-residential building $m
3.6
1.5
1.9
6.9
5.3
Value of total building $m
26.1
27.5
26.3
62.0
29.2

Average value of private sector houses $'000
192.5
216.7
241.9
261.8
313.8

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
469
487
492
497
518
Campervans no.
3
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
126
132
133
139
148
Light rigid trucks no.
5
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucks no.
10
11
11
12
13
Articulated trucks no.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
8
8
8
8
8
Motorcycles no.
31
33
36
38
41
Total registered motor vehicles no.
654
681
689
705
740

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 142
2 295
2 563
2 752
3 124
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
2 311
2 516
2 632
2 747
2 861
10 years or older no.
3 610
3 761
3 875
4 035
4 244

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
0.0
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
54.6
-
-
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 crops ha
-
-
15.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
0
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
0
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

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