National Regional Profile: Darwin (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA71000   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
61
114
79
60
47
Total dwelling unitsno.
243
464
646
619
470
Value of total residential building$m
48.9
97.9
145.7
166.7
173.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
89.1
93.8
85.6
169.6
303.6
Value of total building$m
138.1
191.7
231.2
336.3
477.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 176
2 227
2 554
2 599
2 355
Other vehiclesno.
1 805
1 800
1 892
2 133
2 124
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 979
4 029
4 448
4 738
4 478
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
33 327
32 936
33 045
34 342
35 078
Campervansno.
75
75
74
77
74
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 050
10 277
10 420
10 715
11 233
Light rigid trucksno.
185
213
224
245
254
Heavy rigid trucksno.
962
962
960
996
1 004
Articulated trucksno.
140
161
171
180
169
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
87
87
103
95
82
Busesno.
782
775
1 026
948
932
Motorcyclesno.
1 370
1 290
1 311
1 421
1 609
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
46 975
46 778
47 324
49 014
50 444
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
487
482
479
486
488
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
147
150
151
152
156
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
11
11
15
13
13
Motorcyclesno.
20
19
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
686
684
685
694
701
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 087
4 942
4 124
3 513
2 781
Petrol - Unleadedno.
31 926
32 605
33 849
35 796
37 625
Dieselno.
8 387
8 694
8 820
9 201
9 557
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
573
538
529
510
478
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
313.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
10.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
39.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
39.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
15
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
208
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
15
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0