National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA32060   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
617
693
1 055
1 118
917
Total dwelling unitsno.
851
1 303
1 576
2 077
1 350
Value of total residential building$m
109.9
207.4
275.9
410.1
279.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
85.6
156.0
58.5
192.4
111.5
Value of total building$m
195.4
363.3
334.4
602.5
390.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 408
3 927
5 776
6 368
5 456
Other vehiclesno.
1 776
2 048
2 495
2 819
2 854
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 181
5 976
8 271
9 188
8 310
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
53 883
55 704
58 165
60 883
64 018
Campervansno.
214
233
286
283
225
Light commercial vehiclesno.
14 887
15 387
16 006
17 089
17 966
Light rigid trucksno.
541
568
599
666
747
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 199
1 213
1 199
1 303
1 366
Articulated trucksno.
135
134
139
169
177
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
97
84
61
79
70
Busesno.
907
976
924
954
987
Motorcyclesno.
3 515
3 796
4 032
4 280
4 746
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
75 377
78 095
81 407
85 700
90 303
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
449
452
458
463
469
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
125
126
130
132
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
8
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
29
31
32
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
628
633
642
652
661
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 223
10 635
9 193
7 622
6 326
Petrol - Unleadedno.
51 123
54 728
58 889
63 667
68 731
Dieselno.
10 979
11 710
12 346
13 449
14 298
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 052
1 022
979
960
948
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
40 452.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
13.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
211.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
963.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
24 465.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
91
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
93
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 844
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0