National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - City (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052066   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2
2
5
3
2
Total dwelling unitsno.
99
174
234
288
53
Value of total residential building$m
14.6
32.4
36.2
72.2
10.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.4
38.8
14.2
73.7
9.3
Value of total building$m
24.0
71.2
50.5
145.8
19.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
378
458
703
780
661
Other vehiclesno.
188
215
251
290
298
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
565
673
955
1 070
959
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 985
4 187
4 344
4 599
4 909
Campervansno.
19
22
28
27
18
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 101
1 166
1 204
1 286
1 357
Light rigid trucksno.
45
50
54
62
67
Heavy rigid trucksno.
107
111
108
118
125
Articulated trucksno.
13
14
14
17
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
11
7
9
8
Busesno.
86
98
95
92
97
Motorcyclesno.
258
276
300
324
361
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 624
5 934
6 153
6 532
6 959
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
551
547
549
543
554
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
152
152
152
152
153
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
12
13
12
11
11
Motorcyclesno.
36
36
38
38
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
777
775
778
772
786
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
869
769
672
553
465
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 865
4 203
4 496
4 911
5 363
Dieselno.
808
884
911
995
1 061
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
82
78
73
73
70
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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