National Regional Profile: Hinchinbrook (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345153800   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
13
11
13
19
20
Total dwelling unitsno.
14
11
21
21
20
Value of total residential building$m
2.4
1.9
4.4
4.0
5.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.6
6.5
1.8
4.8
2.5
Value of total building$m
2.9
8.4
6.3
8.8
7.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
157
163
191
199
190
Other vehiclesno.
166
198
196
231
248
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
323
361
387
429
438
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 325
5 307
5 416
5 495
5 632
Campervansno.
29
26
20
23
24
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 882
2 865
2 887
2 886
2 946
Light rigid trucksno.
64
65
62
71
73
Heavy rigid trucksno.
385
375
375
372
367
Articulated trucksno.
54
57
56
57
60
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
8
7
7
6
Busesno.
79
91
90
101
107
Motorcyclesno.
342
337
336
350
382
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 169
9 132
9 250
9 361
9 597
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
432
431
444
450
460
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
234
233
237
237
241
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
30
31
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
0
Busesno.
6
7
7
8
9
Motorcyclesno.
28
27
28
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
744
742
759
767
784
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 851
1 578
1 416
1 244
1 042
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 970
5 165
5 399
5 634
5 965
Dieselno.
2 288
2 327
2 368
2 416
2 514
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
59
63
67
67
76
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
154 228.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
36.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
97.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
50.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
57.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
64 467.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
23 559
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0