National Regional Profile: Townsville (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA37000   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
643
503
780
657
548
Total dwelling unitsno.
956
858
1 166
1 145
992
Value of total residential building$m
137.2
156.7
231.4
279.4
244.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
215.8
112.0
100.3
135.6
327.0
Value of total building$m
353.0
268.6
331.7
415.0
571.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 494
2 663
3 080
3 037
3 151
Other vehiclesno.
1 904
2 016
2 308
2 581
2 802
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 397
4 680
5 392
5 616
5 955
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
42 388
43 313
44 621
46 589
48 620
Campervansno.
129
143
179
178
191
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 584
11 901
12 439
13 003
13 697
Light rigid trucksno.
439
453
477
515
583
Heavy rigid trucksno.
908
911
1 027
1 059
1 137
Articulated trucksno.
220
246
277
262
271
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
103
111
149
136
139
Busesno.
386
393
370
396
412
Motorcyclesno.
3 135
3 289
3 432
3 575
4 044
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
59 295
60 762
62 972
65 711
69 098
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
453
455
460
467
477
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
125
128
130
134
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
33
35
35
36
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
633
638
649
659
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 661
10 125
8 762
7 540
6 313
Petrol - Unleadedno.
39 815
42 303
45 235
48 636
52 458
Dieselno.
7 143
7 680
8 329
8 875
9 627
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
671
655
644
660
697
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
96 925.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
24.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
133.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
304.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
320.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
24 178
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
33
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0