National Regional Profile: Palm Island (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345155770   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
0
0
0
0
0
Total dwelling unitsno.
4
10
27
6
4
Value of total residential building$m
0.9
2.8
6.1
1.7
1.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
Value of total building$m
0.9
2.8
6.4
1.7
1.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
7
9
9
17
14
Other vehiclesno.
31
31
38
40
49
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
38
40
47
57
63
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
555
570
598
662
677
Campervansno.
4
3
4
3
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
333
346
367
403
406
Light rigid trucksno.
11
12
14
14
15
Heavy rigid trucksno.
43
45
47
55
52
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
11
12
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
0
0
Busesno.
5
5
6
8
6
Motorcyclesno.
41
41
48
51
60
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 002
1 034
1 095
1 208
1 231
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
239
248
264
295
313
Campervansno.
2
1
2
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
144
151
162
180
188
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
20
21
25
24
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
21
23
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
432
451
483
539
569
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
196
174
161
146
122
Petrol - Unleadedno.
485
518
570
651
695
Dieselno.
311
332
354
401
404
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
10
11
10
10
11
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0