National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - North-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016903   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
34
14
14
26
47
Total dwelling unitsno.
36
21
38
51
57
Value of total residential building$m
9.8
7.9
16.9
14.4
18.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.1
6.1
1.9
26.5
3.1
Value of total building$m
13.0
14.0
18.9
40.9
21.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
258
280
328
342
316
Other vehiclesno.
173
206
245
288
239
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
431
486
573
630
555
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 297
5 374
5 407
5 489
5 520
Campervansno.
10
13
14
14
16
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 155
1 175
1 185
1 229
1 282
Light rigid trucksno.
42
47
51
54
56
Heavy rigid trucksno.
152
146
141
147
151
Articulated trucksno.
63
63
59
66
67
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
8
8
9
10
Busesno.
52
48
29
30
33
Motorcyclesno.
205
214
217
239
262
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 985
7 086
7 112
7 277
7 396
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
489
495
500
505
508
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
107
108
110
113
118
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
13
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
644
653
658
670
680
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 623
1 400
1 180
997
838
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 587
4 883
5 125
5 405
5 627
Dieselno.
689
720
728
794
849
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
84
84
79
81
83
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
274.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
85.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
428
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0