National Regional Profile: Far North (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 130
1 073
1 481
1 629
1 536
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 470
1 794
2 111
2 802
2 047
Value of total residential building$m
202.1
292.0
383.5
573.3
455.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
120.8
191.0
88.3
321.0
235.3
Value of total building$m
322.9
483.0
471.7
894.2
691.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 533
5 107
7 011
7 673
6 890
Other vehiclesno.
3 286
3 608
4 219
4 892
5 011
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 833
8 719
11 231
12 574
11 891
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
90 247
93 142
96 685
100 911
105 965
Campervansno.
386
424
496
505
466
Light commercial vehiclesno.
32 703
33 492
34 708
36 319
38 139
Light rigid trucksno.
1 094
1 179
1 201
1 293
1 424
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 278
3 343
3 363
3 473
3 645
Articulated trucksno.
505
502
524
585
626
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
136
130
103
131
116
Busesno.
1 865
1 925
1 869
1 943
2 001
Motorcyclesno.
6 140
6 529
6 889
7 243
7 996
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
136 354
140 670
145 831
152 427
160 397
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
396
401
408
417
428
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
144
144
147
150
154
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
14
15
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
0
Busesno.
8
8
8
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
27
28
29
30
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
598
605
616
629
648
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 020
21 227
18 413
15 608
13 121
Petrol - Unleadedno.
83 106
88 669
95 178
102 529
110 757
Dieselno.
27 682
29 221
30 700
32 751
34 974
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 545
1 547
1 539
1 531
1 554
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16 051 037.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
7 793.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 582.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
7 313.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
19 052.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
96 267.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
240
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29 559
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
884 625
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 832
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0