National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253974   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
30
29
49
50
32
Total dwelling unitsno.
30
29
49
50
34
Value of total residential building$m
4.3
4.3
6.8
9.7
7.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.9
Value of total building$m
4.5
4.6
7.0
10.1
8.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
52
56
71
74
78
Other vehiclesno.
43
50
73
87
87
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
95
106
144
161
165
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 956
2 016
2 108
2 151
2 240
Campervansno.
8
7
8
8
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
635
656
697
742
784
Light rigid trucksno.
32
33
34
36
38
Heavy rigid trucksno.
105
113
117
121
122
Articulated trucksno.
25
25
26
28
25
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
3
Busesno.
16
17
16
16
16
Motorcyclesno.
102
115
120
129
141
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 880
2 983
3 128
3 234
3 379
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
486
486
502
505
514
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
158
166
174
180
Light rigid trucksno.
8
8
8
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
27
28
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
7
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
25
28
29
30
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
715
719
745
759
776
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
729
646
572
485
413
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 633
1 780
1 944
2 090
2 263
Dieselno.
471
506
553
599
642
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
48
51
59
60
61
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
26 812.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
355.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
230.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
5.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
117.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 418
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 701
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
406
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0