National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 130   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
484
503
589
707
628
Total dwelling unitsno.
544
572
682
838
922
Value of total residential building$m
87.7
105.0
130.5
165.9
184.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
65.5
46.7
76.8
56.8
100.0
Value of total building$m
153.1
151.6
207.2
222.7
285.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 109
3 115
3 258
3 272
2 997
Other vehiclesno.
3 277
2 973
3 495
4 120
3 803
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 386
6 088
6 757
7 395
6 800
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
76 107
76 837
78 525
79 696
80 689
Campervansno.
186
202
232
253
276
Light commercial vehiclesno.
30 255
30 916
31 522
32 240
33 045
Light rigid trucksno.
882
939
981
1 063
1 108
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5 049
5 053
5 126
5 199
5 304
Articulated trucksno.
1 087
1 020
1 054
1 187
1 172
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
116
121
113
109
111
Busesno.
759
749
760
786
776
Motorcyclesno.
2 970
3 047
3 258
3 571
3 959
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
117 409
118 872
121 572
124 102
126 443
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
421
428
440
446
449
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
167
172
176
181
184
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
29
29
30
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
18
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
650
661
680
695
703
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 531
21 550
18 924
16 336
13 998
Petrol - Unleadedno.
66 349
69 924
74 218
77 947
81 394
Dieselno.
25 673
26 529
27 555
28 887
29 931
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
857
868
878
931
1 115
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 711 123.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 227 652.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
506.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 602.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 619.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
288 196.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 602 560
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
11 603
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 778 988
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
62 184
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0