National Regional Profile: Toowoomba West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016946   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
63
32
105
77
70
Total dwelling units no.
228
248
236
166
193

Value of private sector houses $m
8.2
4.2
17.6
12.3
13.3
Value of new residential building $m
22.4
21.2
32.7
25.0
27.4
Value of total residential building $m
25.1
23.8
35.0
27.7
30.2
Value of total non-residential building $m
6.7
21.8
18.4
13.7
30.8
Value of total building $m
31.8
45.6
53.3
41.5
61.1

Average value of private sector houses $'000
129.9
130.5
167.5
159.6
189.9

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
482
488
488
490
502
Campervans no.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
106
109
113
116
123
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
13
13
13
14
15
Articulated trucks no.
5
6
6
6
7
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
19
21
23
25
28
Total registered motor vehicles no.
634
646
654
662
685

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
3 487
3 893
4 258
4 503
4 820
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 714
3 793
3 882
3 997
4 177
10 years or older no.
7 186
7 264
7 195
7 107
7 338

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
0.5
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
0.5
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
24.3
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1.2
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
0.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
0
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
0
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0