National Regional Profile: Eight Mile Plains (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111198   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
95
31
127
58
68
Total dwelling unitsno.
113
59
179
73
69
Value of total residential building$m
17.7
9.1
35.0
19.3
20.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.5
8.3
15.1
19.7
27.3
Value of total building$m
27.2
17.5
50.0
39.0
48.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
255
295
336
353
353
Other vehiclesno.
117
131
158
167
152
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
372
426
494
520
506
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 705
5 920
6 129
6 385
6 589
Campervansno.
6
5
10
12
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
619
627
672
726
802
Light rigid trucksno.
24
23
27
26
26
Heavy rigid trucksno.
65
55
36
36
31
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
5
9
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Busesno.
12
12
15
18
21
Motorcyclesno.
142
145
158
181
198
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 582
6 796
7 056
7 398
7 691
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
492
504
508
517
523
Campervansno.
1
0
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
53
53
56
59
64
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
5
3
3
2
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
2
Motorcyclesno.
12
12
13
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
568
578
585
599
611
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
923
759
622
506
388
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 281
5 648
6 030
6 471
6 842
Dieselno.
290
302
322
344
376
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
88
86
82
76
85
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0