National Regional Profile: Gold Coast West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30715   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
3 199
2 961
2 875
2 382
2 635
Total dwelling unitsno.
4 007
4 518
4 281
3 427
3 617
Value of total residential building$m
600.8
768.7
882.9
796.9
936.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
112.9
158.7
220.3
348.3
416.4
Value of total building$m
713.7
927.4
1 103.1
1 145.2
1 353.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 887
4 812
5 316
5 645
5 976
Other vehiclesno.
2 436
3 166
4 155
4 521
4 330
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 324
7 979
9 476
10 167
10 306
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
113 251
122 691
129 623
136 567
144 420
Campervansno.
396
454
475
534
587
Light commercial vehiclesno.
18 819
20 382
21 964
23 889
25 809
Light rigid trucksno.
833
943
1 016
1 115
1 252
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 021
2 181
2 208
2 391
2 701
Articulated trucksno.
291
332
326
376
411
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
123
116
108
105
95
Busesno.
948
946
907
991
1 080
Motorcyclesno.
3 981
4 455
4 946
5 721
6 759
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
140 665
152 500
161 562
171 692
183 122
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
525
537
542
547
554
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
87
89
92
96
99
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
10
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
20
21
23
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
652
668
676
687
703
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
26 713
23 610
19 698
16 334
13 556
Petrol - Unleadedno.
101 162
114 954
126 902
138 874
151 293
Dieselno.
10 128
11 181
12 139
13 553
15 129
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 660
2 762
2 822
2 929
3 145
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 957.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
15.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
55.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
64.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
148.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
10
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
464
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 194
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0