National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA36900   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
413
427
429
387
364
Total dwelling unitsno.
583
685
756
797
651
Value of total residential building$m
79.5
93.6
118.7
124.6
123.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
54.8
51.1
43.2
80.1
102.4
Value of total building$m
134.3
144.7
161.8
204.7
226.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 135
2 324
2 777
2 932
2 743
Other vehiclesno.
1 438
1 724
2 082
2 486
2 086
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 572
4 048
4 859
5 418
4 830
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
44 157
45 052
46 203
47 588
48 307
Campervansno.
88
107
121
123
138
Light commercial vehiclesno.
9 758
9 974
10 282
10 815
11 367
Light rigid trucksno.
352
398
443
475
496
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 300
1 254
1 236
1 302
1 350
Articulated trucksno.
528
525
506
568
583
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
69
64
69
74
83
Busesno.
431
399
244
260
288
Motorcyclesno.
1 716
1 798
1 869
2 089
2 315
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
58 400
59 567
60 974
63 295
64 925
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
485
489
495
500
502
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
107
108
110
114
118
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
642
647
653
666
675
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 597
11 789
10 125
8 685
7 371
Petrol - Unleadedno.
38 244
40 944
43 819
46 885
49 271
Dieselno.
5 849
6 132
6 348
7 012
7 556
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
707
704
681
711
728
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
545.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
85.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
541
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0