National Regional Profile: Noosa (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA35750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
501
562
428
304
254
Total dwelling unitsno.
655
683
574
406
304
Value of total residential building$m
123.7
161.5
174.1
160.9
141.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.1
28.4
27.1
51.1
112.1
Value of total building$m
133.8
189.9
201.2
212.0
253.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
791
902
930
1 077
1 068
Other vehiclesno.
655
844
952
1 026
871
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 445
1 746
1 881
2 102
1 939
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
24 002
25 659
26 526
27 470
28 331
Campervansno.
126
131
138
146
162
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 908
5 108
5 385
5 637
5 882
Light rigid trucksno.
184
206
241
267
293
Heavy rigid trucksno.
368
394
407
426
445
Articulated trucksno.
71
78
85
86
79
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
13
11
13
11
Busesno.
218
320
310
192
188
Motorcyclesno.
962
1 156
1 239
1 365
1 558
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
30 851
33 064
34 345
35 602
36 951
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
530
550
554
566
576
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
108
110
113
116
120
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
5
7
6
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
25
26
28
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
681
709
718
734
751
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 654
5 881
4 931
4 089
3 405
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 451
22 943
24 794
26 680
28 294
Dieselno.
3 155
3 622
3 983
4 157
4 547
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
592
619
636
677
704
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
19 971.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
344.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
124.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
567.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
589.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
64.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 770
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 122
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
25
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0