National Regional Profile: Mareeba (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350104850   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
80
59
71
105
133
Total dwelling unitsno.
80
69
73
123
133
Value of total residential building$m
11.3
10.2
13.5
23.3
28.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.1
2.9
2.3
8.0
11.0
Value of total building$m
17.4
13.1
15.9
31.3
39.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
233
242
253
259
256
Other vehiclesno.
270
286
316
335
345
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
503
528
569
594
601
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 261
7 432
7 433
7 591
8 028
Campervansno.
32
33
37
47
56
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 470
3 524
3 589
3 599
3 773
Light rigid trucksno.
127
135
128
128
137
Heavy rigid trucksno.
418
412
416
427
435
Articulated trucksno.
68
67
75
74
75
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
14
16
13
10
Busesno.
117
122
121
135
139
Motorcyclesno.
495
521
555
569
649
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 003
12 259
12 371
12 583
13 302
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
389
395
393
395
413
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
186
187
190
187
194
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
22
22
22
22
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
27
28
29
30
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
652
654
655
684
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 608
2 322
1 971
1 673
1 486
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 243
6 611
6 914
7 320
7 996
Dieselno.
3 063
3 225
3 372
3 480
3 708
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
90
100
115
109
112
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 098 169.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 375.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
605.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4 958.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
5 653.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 744.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
381
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
151 654
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 041
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0