National Regional Profile: Australian Capital Territory   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 8   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 169
1 787
1 364
966
999
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 232
3 170
3 136
2 279
1 867
Value of total residential building$m
389.1
546.4
622.0
555.4
509.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
244.7
364.7
354.4
456.5
1 237.6
Value of total building$m
633.8
911.1
976.4
1 012.0
1 747.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
10 260
10 420
10 490
10 340
10 279
Other vehiclesno.
3 453
4 040
4 364
4 398
4 453
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
13 713
14 460
14 854
14 738
14 732
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
178 302
182 533
184 044
186 766
190 108
Campervansno.
513
527
511
492
472
Light commercial vehiclesno.
16 953
17 742
18 067
18 606
19 372
Light rigid trucksno.
522
567
594
573
603
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 474
1 487
1 460
1 396
1 455
Articulated trucksno.
215
196
142
174
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
74
63
86
82
81
Busesno.
572
547
852
876
882
Motorcyclesno.
6 691
6 882
6 943
7 228
7 958
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
205 316
210 562
212 729
216 205
221 089
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
553
560
562
566
569
Campervansno.
2
2
2
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
53
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.
n.a.
33 544
26 636
21 643
17 459
Petrol - Unleadedno.
n.a.
164 706
173 225
181 395
189 680
Dieselno.
n.a.
7 382
8 170
8 586
9 243
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
n.a.
4 930
4 686
4 597
4 709
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
44 910.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
140.4
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.
-
-
-
-
83 934
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
9 224
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0