National Regional Profile: Canberra (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 167
1 786
1 364
965
998
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 230
3 169
3 136
2 278
1 864
Value of total residential building$m
388.8
546.3
621.9
555.3
508.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
244.7
364.7
354.3
455.5
1 237.3
Value of total building$m
633.5
911.0
976.2
1 010.7
1 745.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
10 245
10 388
10 472
10 318
10 211
Other vehiclesno.
3 436
4 021
4 342
4 380
4 432
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
13 677
14 415
14 818
14 696
14 647
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
178 141
182 368
183 874
186 593
189 933
Campervansno.
510
527
511
492
472
Light commercial vehiclesno.
16 915
17 703
18 025
18 561
19 324
Light rigid trucksno.
522
567
594
570
600
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 467
1 481
1 453
1 388
1 447
Articulated trucksno.
212
196
139
171
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
74
63
86
82
81
Busesno.
569
544
852
876
882
Motorcyclesno.
6 684
6 875
6 935
7 219
7 949
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
205 099
210 340
212 497
215 965
220 844
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
553
560
562
566
569
Campervansno.
2
2
2
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
52
54
55
56
58
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
0
1
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
21
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
636
646
649
655
661
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
39 463
33 506
26 605
21 617
17 438
Petrol - Unleadedno.
153 767
164 551
173 057
181 217
189 496
Dieselno.
6 906
7 360
8 144
8 557
9 211
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 966
4 924
4 680
4 590
4 702
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
20 985.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
67.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
6.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
10.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
29 864
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 124
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0