National Regional Profile: Gold Coast (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33460   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
4 212
3 972
3 837
3 380
3 440
Total dwelling unitsno.
6 468
8 331
7 913
6 537
6 566
Value of total residential building$m
1 099.5
1 730.9
1 892.4
1 754.4
1 821.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
233.8
529.4
523.6
646.8
983.5
Value of total building$m
1 333.3
2 260.2
2 416.0
2 401.2
2 805.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
9 389
10 834
11 918
12 711
13 421
Other vehiclesno.
5 198
6 561
8 528
9 282
8 990
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
14 590
17 400
20 452
21 996
22 414
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
239 107
254 001
264 245
273 874
286 267
Campervansno.
890
1 030
1 098
1 140
1 228
Light commercial vehiclesno.
37 906
40 710
43 687
46 845
50 392
Light rigid trucksno.
1 669
1 877
2 049
2 297
2 589
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 824
4 036
4 394
4 748
5 175
Articulated trucksno.
703
736
811
913
998
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
263
248
239
218
226
Busesno.
1 822
1 807
1 700
1 815
1 944
Motorcyclesno.
7 913
8 695
9 552
10 819
12 669
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
294 094
313 136
327 761
342 677
361 494
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
542
554
557
559
564
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
86
89
92
96
99
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
20
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
667
682
691
699
712
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
58 583
51 297
42 394
34 636
28 095
Petrol - Unleadedno.
209 885
234 234
255 501
275 509
297 576
Dieselno.
20 092
21 936
24 111
26 678
29 589
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
5 536
5 675
5 757
5 853
6 234
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
22 268.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
53.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
60.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
57.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
77.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 913.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
123
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 559
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 768
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0