National Regional Profile: Mackay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34760   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
541
529
804
745
707
Total dwelling unitsno.
621
585
931
913
786
Value of total residential building$m
90.7
102.5
168.4
180.5
193.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
66.0
41.9
57.7
110.1
72.3
Value of total building$m
156.7
144.4
226.1
290.6
265.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 521
1 659
1 932
2 147
2 528
Other vehiclesno.
1 256
1 501
1 718
2 351
2 893
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 777
3 159
3 649
4 498
5 421
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
33 962
35 629
37 535
39 651
42 470
Campervansno.
105
114
132
139
136
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 790
12 522
13 129
14 261
15 741
Light rigid trucksno.
350
387
423
462
522
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 304
1 289
1 283
1 320
1 447
Articulated trucksno.
252
297
289
348
394
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
49
65
52
59
77
Busesno.
238
251
256
271
302
Motorcyclesno.
2 292
2 459
2 592
2 820
3 167
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
50 344
53 014
55 692
59 331
64 256
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
434
443
452
458
470
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
151
156
158
165
174
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
16
15
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
29
31
31
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
660
671
685
712
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 138
8 089
7 055
6 081
5 124
Petrol - Unleadedno.
32 771
35 730
38 848
42 513
47 037
Dieselno.
8 033
8 748
9 309
10 243
11 563
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
401
446
479
495
532
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
214 139.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
712.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
22.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
69.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
92.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
60 943.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
168
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
46 049
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0