National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 32001   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
772
745
838
793
814
Total dwelling unitsno.
942
1 003
1 165
1 205
1 103
Value of total residential building$m
131.8
144.5
195.2
210.1
230.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
58.0
57.0
48.8
88.0
125.9
Value of total building$m
189.8
201.5
244.0
298.1
356.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 442
2 663
3 215
3 402
3 232
Other vehiclesno.
1 702
2 044
2 472
2 976
2 560
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 142
4 707
5 688
6 378
5 794
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
53 251
54 703
56 240
58 338
59 647
Campervansno.
115
136
158
160
177
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 647
13 007
13 431
14 221
15 028
Light rigid trucksno.
451
512
558
598
632
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 822
1 752
1 722
1 799
1 860
Articulated trucksno.
642
638
623
694
715
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
86
79
87
90
98
Busesno.
493
460
288
308
342
Motorcyclesno.
2 137
2 239
2 348
2 643
2 977
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
71 642
73 522
75 453
78 852
81 474
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
478
481
484
489
489
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
113
114
116
119
123
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
15
15
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
647
650
661
668
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
16 908
14 759
12 686
10 978
9 364
Petrol - Unleadedno.
46 108
49 726
53 419
57 595
61 039
Dieselno.
7 741
8 152
8 482
9 376
10 143
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
882
886
865
902
929
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
31 854.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 870.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
439.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
92.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
95.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
477.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
594
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 799
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 106
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 323
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0