National Regional Profile: Townsville City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 34505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
611
489
764
639
532
Total dwelling unitsno.
924
844
1 150
1 127
976
Value of total residential building$m
134.4
154.5
228.6
275.8
241.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
215.8
112.0
100.2
135.5
326.6
Value of total building$m
350.2
266.4
328.8
411.3
567.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 482
2 648
3 066
3 013
3 131
Other vehiclesno.
1 854
1 964
2 248
2 523
2 731
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 335
4 613
5 318
5 534
5 864
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
41 477
42 361
43 683
45 639
47 636
Campervansno.
122
137
173
173
186
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 038
11 323
11 863
12 425
13 107
Light rigid trucksno.
421
433
455
495
561
Heavy rigid trucksno.
837
835
953
981
1 061
Articulated trucksno.
204
228
260
245
255
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
103
108
146
136
139
Busesno.
378
384
360
385
403
Motorcyclesno.
3 068
3 221
3 356
3 502
3 957
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
57 650
59 034
61 253
63 977
67 308
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
461
463
469
476
486
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
123
124
127
130
134
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
10
10
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
34
35
36
37
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
641
646
657
667
686
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 340
9 835
8 509
7 331
6 136
Petrol - Unleadedno.
39 018
41 437
44 341
47 701
51 448
Dieselno.
6 632
7 126
7 773
8 299
9 040
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
654
637
629
645
681
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
32.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
27
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0