National Regional Profile: Lower North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 41510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
68
82
78
115
100
Total dwelling unitsno.
68
84
78
129
103
Value of total residential building$m
8.3
11.9
12.0
19.7
16.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.5
5.3
8.5
6.9
10.7
Value of total building$m
14.8
17.1
20.5
26.6
27.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
325
330
285
282
306
Other vehiclesno.
375
363
428
406
380
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
699
693
713
689
687
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 893
10 948
11 041
11 164
11 405
Campervansno.
79
84
80
78
81
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 458
4 479
4 594
4 707
4 801
Light rigid trucksno.
69
73
84
77
75
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 006
980
978
951
932
Articulated trucksno.
325
303
317
323
321
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
25
25
21
19
Busesno.
86
88
91
83
85
Motorcyclesno.
625
640
616
644
677
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 568
17 620
17 827
18 046
18 395
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
563
570
573
577
585
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
230
233
238
243
246
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
52
51
51
49
48
Articulated trucksno.
17
16
16
17
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
5
5
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
32
33
32
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
908
917
925
932
944
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 339
4 652
4 130
3 545
3 103
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 434
9 990
10 469
11 126
11 716
Dieselno.
2 643
2 830
3 089
3 227
3 422
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
152
148
140
148
156
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 251 409.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
350 765.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
301.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
219.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
225.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
86 216.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
904 561
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4 085
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
25 018
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
50 211
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0