National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
118
97
172
229
271
Total dwelling unitsno.
162
123
224
297
335
Value of total residential building$m
22.5
18.5
36.4
51.5
55.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.4
18.6
21.3
39.1
57.5
Value of total building$m
43.9
37.1
57.7
90.6
113.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 076
1 085
1 121
1 165
1 154
Other vehiclesno.
914
877
978
1 056
1 204
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 990
1 959
2 098
2 218
2 357
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
37 387
37 690
37 928
38 498
39 547
Campervansno.
213
216
230
223
224
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 494
10 442
10 553
10 599
10 933
Light rigid trucksno.
212
215
239
259
274
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 527
1 496
1 468
1 458
1 508
Articulated trucksno.
327
317
299
307
324
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
118
105
102
87
85
Busesno.
267
271
272
285
303
Motorcyclesno.
2 389
2 339
2 243
2 274
2 445
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 923
53 092
53 342
53 994
55 652
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
473
477
481
488
502
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
133
132
134
134
139
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
19
18
19
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
30
30
28
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
669
672
676
685
707
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
16 886
14 870
12 819
10 810
9 473
Petrol - Unleadedno.
30 208
32 011
33 968
36 232
38 647
Dieselno.
5 470
5 824
6 157
6 554
7 110
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
359
387
397
400
420
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
43 200 348.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
357 637.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
142.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
117.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
117.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
53 559.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 074 503
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
216
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
201 212
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7 039
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0