National Regional Profile: Murgon (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315105500   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
7
9
4
11
22
Total dwelling unitsno.
8
10
4
15
22
Value of total residential building$m
1.0
1.8
0.7
3.0
4.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.5
0.3
0.4
1.2
1.4
Value of total building$m
2.5
2.1
1.1
4.2
5.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
73
69
74
68
59
Other vehiclesno.
57
51
63
85
80
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
129
120
137
152
140
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 307
1 341
1 386
1 426
1 436
Campervansno.
6
3
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
503
524
526
538
564
Light rigid trucksno.
12
12
13
15
17
Heavy rigid trucksno.
90
91
95
95
101
Articulated trucksno.
17
19
20
22
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
0
3
Busesno.
27
28
25
28
28
Motorcyclesno.
65
51
54
72
72
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 029
2 073
2 125
2 203
2 246
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
362
373
385
397
392
Campervansno.
2
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
139
146
146
150
154
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
26
26
28
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
0
1
Busesno.
7
8
7
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
18
14
15
20
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
561
576
591
614
613
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
488
435
381
333
303
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 163
1 236
1 315
1 409
1 456
Dieselno.
359
381
406
436
463
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
19
20
23
25
23
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
62 281.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 330.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
24.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
251.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
251.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 132.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 164
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 136
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
16 662
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
52 717
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0