National Regional Profile: Launceston (C) - Pt C (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615104013   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
11
6
20
5
9
Total dwelling unitsno.
11
6
20
5
9
Value of total residential building$m
1.3
1.7
3.2
1.4
2.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.1
Value of total building$m
1.3
1.7
3.5
1.8
2.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
49
37
45
62
62
Other vehiclesno.
39
51
52
66
51
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
88
88
97
128
112
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 517
1 432
1 496
1 511
1 546
Campervansno.
20
23
26
17
20
Light commercial vehiclesno.
703
700
720
725
769
Light rigid trucksno.
18
20
16
23
22
Heavy rigid trucksno.
74
76
64
57
63
Articulated trucksno.
41
39
39
40
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
3
0
0
Busesno.
15
14
13
12
12
Motorcyclesno.
101
95
88
86
107
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 489
2 400
2 462
2 473
2 577
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
525
496
512
522
536
Campervansno.
7
8
9
6
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
243
242
246
251
267
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
5
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
22
20
22
Articulated trucksno.
14
14
13
14
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
35
33
30
30
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
861
831
842
855
894
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
802
688
593
510
485
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 197
1 212
1 352
1 426
1 531
Dieselno.
458
470
489
505
530
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
32
30
29
32
31
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
23 646.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
183.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
71.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
10.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
20.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
22.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
23 229
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 226
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 035
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
318
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0