National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 31507   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
551
878
981
780
737
Total dwelling unitsno.
762
972
1 190
1 011
1 245
Value of total residential building$m
87.1
127.6
183.4
181.6
238.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.2
28.1
19.4
90.0
34.7
Value of total building$m
92.3
155.7
202.8
271.5
272.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
566
721
914
943
912
Other vehiclesno.
385
548
700
773
764
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
951
1 269
1 614
1 716
1 675
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 393
21 143
22 753
24 253
25 553
Campervansno.
143
180
202
206
235
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 808
4 175
4 661
5 073
5 412
Light rigid trucksno.
136
168
192
216
237
Heavy rigid trucksno.
307
346
407
456
486
Articulated trucksno.
39
45
44
46
47
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
16
21
24
22
Busesno.
265
294
301
311
296
Motorcyclesno.
992
1 032
1 113
1 165
1 366
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
25 096
27 399
29 696
31 751
33 655
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
475
491
497
503
503
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
93
97
102
105
106
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
6
7
7
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
24
24
24
24
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
615
636
649
659
662
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 255
5 616
4 831
4 162
3 442
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 412
17 805
20 293
22 532
24 652
Dieselno.
2 896
3 400
3 956
4 419
4 895
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
534
577
616
639
666
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
13 723.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
257.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 762.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
7
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 682
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0