National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016901   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
11
11
13
21
7
Total dwelling unitsno.
59
39
30
62
42
Value of total residential building$m
7.3
7.4
6.1
10.3
7.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.1
16.0
21.6
15.4
20.0
Value of total building$m
37.4
23.4
27.7
25.7
27.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
340
369
434
452
417
Other vehiclesno.
228
272
323
381
315
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
567
640
757
833
733
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 970
7 080
7 142
7 258
7 291
Campervansno.
14
17
18
19
21
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 520
1 548
1 565
1 625
1 693
Light rigid trucksno.
55
62
68
72
74
Heavy rigid trucksno.
200
193
186
194
200
Articulated trucksno.
83
82
78
87
88
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
10
11
11
13
Busesno.
68
63
38
40
44
Motorcyclesno.
269
281
287
316
346
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 190
9 335
9 393
9 622
9 769
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
479
487
493
501
505
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
104
106
108
112
117
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
13
13
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
631
642
649
664
676
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 136
1 844
1 558
1 318
1 107
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 036
6 433
6 770
7 146
7 432
Dieselno.
907
948
961
1 050
1 121
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
111
110
104
108
109
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
144.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
24
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0