National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Northern Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052072   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
118
156
173
207
193
Total dwelling unitsno.
168
293
250
429
259
Value of total residential building$m
24.0
52.7
49.2
79.1
51.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
12.3
78.8
6.6
4.4
32.8
Value of total building$m
36.3
131.4
55.9
83.5
84.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
232
222
278
353
329
Other vehiclesno.
130
144
203
241
224
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
361
367
481
594
553
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 526
6 763
7 223
7 627
8 184
Campervansno.
28
30
25
31
34
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 349
1 415
1 488
1 652
1 759
Light rigid trucksno.
40
38
44
48
61
Heavy rigid trucksno.
53
56
58
59
62
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
5
7
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
100
96
85
93
102
Motorcyclesno.
425
478
515
545
613
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 525
8 881
9 445
10 065
10 828
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
474
470
487
504
502
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
98
98
100
109
108
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
7
7
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
31
33
35
36
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
619
617
637
666
664
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 313
1 147
942
807
685
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 016
6 485
7 154
7 818
8 564
Dieselno.
1 064
1 121
1 228
1 324
1 446
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
133
129
122
116
133
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.5
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