National Regional Profile: Surfers Paradise (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103587   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
21
13
19
19
17
Total dwelling units no.
1 108
227
355
23
796

Value of private sector houses $m
16.1
11.2
19.0
20.7
25.9
Value of new residential building $m
397.2
67.9
134.7
21.7
161.4
Value of total residential building $m
401.9
70.5
140.7
31.4
169.2
Value of total non-residential building $m
44.5
6.9
20.0
15.7
10.8
Value of total building $m
446.4
77.3
160.7
47.1
180.0

Average value of private sector houses $'000
766.1
861.8
1 000.8
1 088.0
1 522.4

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
683
667
668
681
702
Campervans no.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
81
83
82
88
95
Light rigid trucks no.
5
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucks no.
11
12
12
13
13
Articulated trucks no.
1
1
1
1
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
0
0
1
Buses no.
6
5
6
6
6
Motorcycles no.
25
26
27
30
33
Total registered motor vehicles no.
815
803
804
828
861

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
5 369
5 573
6 055
6 596
7 008
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 978
4 121
4 270
4 487
4 590
10 years or older no.
6 068
5 983
5 917
5 939
6 139

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

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

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
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
-
-
0.0
-
-

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