National Regional Profile: Tasmania   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 6   
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 INDUSTRY


2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 820
1 951
2 701
2 367
2 254
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 033
2 146
3 168
2 778
2 634
Value of total residential building$m
272.9
325.0
559.1
543.8
567.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
168.1
201.5
188.1
323.9
283.2
Value of total building$m
441.0
526.5
747.3
867.8
850.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
9 467
9 017
11 300
11 786
11 435
Other vehiclesno.
5 295
6 384
7 477
8 826
8 143
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
14 762
15 401
18 777
20 612
19 578
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
246 657
247 810
255 952
263 369
271 052
Campervansno.
2 931
3 172
3 298
3 424
3 563
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63 023
65 448
68 435
71 520
74 430
Light rigid trucksno.
2 051
2 147
2 226
2 295
2 408
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7 126
7 104
7 262
7 407
7 716
Articulated trucksno.
1 488
1 400
1 464
1 591
1 513
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
972
941
920
931
945
Busesno.
2 260
2 187
2 032
2 135
2 203
Motorcyclesno.
8 832
8 606
9 055
9 479
10 517
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
335 337
338 809
350 642
362 142
374 350
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
522
519
530
541
553
Campervansno.
6
7
7
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
133
137
142
147
152
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
15
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
19
18
19
19
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
709
709
726
745
764
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
n.a.
86 683
76 355
65 400
56 964
Petrol - Unleadedno.
n.a.
212 138
231 105
249 826
266 718
Dieselno.
n.a.
36 880
39 938
43 518
47 207
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
n.a.
3 109
3 248
3 390
3 466
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 739 161.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
23 249.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
15 794.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 211.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 477.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
16 048.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 963 390
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
203 446
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
500 557
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16 647
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0