National Regional Profile: Sunshine Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30905   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 142
2 479
2 155
1 519
1 463
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 974
4 060
4 170
2 533
2 259
Value of total residential building$m
482.7
747.8
992.8
695.0
675.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
147.7
167.9
219.5
251.3
358.6
Value of total building$m
630.4
915.7
1 212.3
946.3
1 033.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 257
4 695
5 124
5 510
5 704
Other vehiclesno.
2 604
3 558
4 332
4 736
4 477
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 858
8 249
9 457
10 244
10 182
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
98 633
105 713
111 088
115 662
120 238
Campervansno.
424
480
541
567
613
Light commercial vehiclesno.
17 346
18 451
20 096
21 428
22 787
Light rigid trucksno.
691
770
868
974
1 070
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 303
1 438
1 570
1 725
1 720
Articulated trucksno.
194
215
214
220
218
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
87
97
88
96
95
Busesno.
711
664
660
704
737
Motorcyclesno.
3 632
4 190
4 566
5 183
5 889
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
123 018
132 016
139 694
146 560
153 371
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
509
522
527
532
536
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
90
91
95
99
102
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
21
22
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
635
651
663
674
684
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 684
21 592
18 123
14 980
12 166
Petrol - Unleadedno.
85 880
96 599
106 324
114 930
123 008
Dieselno.
10 259
11 471
12 826
14 176
15 601
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 194
2 355
2 420
2 472
2 596
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 925.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
57.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
138.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
242.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
399.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
19
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 111
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0