National Regional Profile: Cairns (R) - Douglas (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350102067   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
98
96
128
76
124
Total dwelling units no.
123
196
148
78
146

Value of private sector houses $m
25.1
34.2
44.4
37.1
40.1
Value of new residential building $m
29.6
47.7
49.6
39.6
46.3
Value of total residential building $m
32.1
51.5
52.4
42.3
48.4
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.1
88.4
45.3
3.6
19.3
Value of total building $m
34.2
139.9
97.8
45.9
67.7

Average value of private sector houses $'000
256.4
356.0
347.0
488.8
323.5

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
242
324
355
378
433
Campervans no.
1
3
2
2
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
118
133
141
147
164
Light rigid trucks no.
3
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
11
10
10
11
11
Articulated trucks no.
3
3
3
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
0
0
0
0
Buses no.
9
11
10
13
14
Motorcycles no.
22
26
32
31
41
Total registered motor vehicles no.
410
515
558
589
675

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
929
1 306
1 560
1 534
1 946
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
1 224
1 465
1 590
1 834
2 079
10 years or older no.
2 245
2 696
2 923
3 203
3 668

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
16.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
0.9
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
17.4
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
17 090.3
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
9.8
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
124.2
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
201.3
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
8 333.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
np
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
4 220
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0