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SoE2020: Housing diversity in Queensland
Detached dwellings dominate Queensland’s housing stock, however building approvals for high-rise (attached 4+ storeys) dwellings accounted for 19% of all approvals from 1... -
SoE2020: Per capita waste generation
Queensland households generated an average of 514kg of waste per capita in 2018–19. -
SoE2020: Increase in heavy vehicles
Almost 10 times the number of light commercial vehicles were on-road in Queensland compared with heavy freight vehicles as at 30 June 2019. The number of registered... -
SoE2020: Cultural heritage site locations
Artefact scatters are the most prevalent type of site location recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage database. -
SoE2020: Cultural heritage management plans
There is increasing pressure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage from major development projects, particularly in the resources, energy generation, public... -
SoE2020: Queensland open house events
Since 2010, Open House public events have been staged in 6 Queensland cities as part of the global Open House movement, highlighting history and architecture. -
SoE2020: Pressures affecting riverine ecosystems
Sediment, nutrients, pesticides and the loss of riparian forests are the major catchment pressures that broadly impact Queensland’s freshwater rivers but vary in their... -
SoE2020: Cultural heritage search requests
There is consistent pressure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage from general land use activities. -
SoE2020: Interstate household waste received
In 2018–19, about 67,400 tonnes of household waste generated interstate was transported to Queensland for disposal. -
SoE2020: Queensland heritage places destroyed
Three State Heritage Places were removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2018–2020 as destroyed places. -
SoE2020: Storm tide inundation incidences
Storm tide inundations continue to impact the coast. -
SoE2020: Trackable waste recovered
Putrescible and organic wastes made up 37% of trackable wastes recovered for recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative use in Queensland in 2018–19. -
SoE2020: Extent of cropping
Queensland grew an average of 3.86 million hectares of crops per year for the last 10 years. Crops can be either summer or winter-growing. Every year, the area of winter crops... -
SoE2020: Broadacre agriculture production
Broadacre agriculture production in Queensland grew 8% from 2013–14 to 2017–18, reaching 35.5 million tonnes in 2017–18, mostly due to increased sugar cane... -
SoE2020: Visibility-reducing particles
While the past 2 decades have seen a downward trend in the number of days with reduced visibility (defined as a visual distance less than 20km) throughout Queensland, there were... -
SoE2020: Trackable waste landfilled
Solid and sludge wastes continue to be the highest category of waste being landfilled in Queensland, accounting for about 64% of all trackable waste to landfill. -
SoE2020: Mean annual temperature
2015 to 2019 was Queensland’s warmest 5-year period on record. -
SoE2020: Sulphur dioxide concentrations
Sulphur dioxide levels in all regions, except for Mount Isa, have met the National Environmental Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure (NEPM) annual, 24-hour and 1-hour... -
SoE2020: Household waste landfilled
The amount of domestic kerbside waste sent to landfill decreased from about 1.26 million tonnes in 2016–17 to 1.20 million tonnes in 2018–19. -
SoE2020: Sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperatures in the Coral Sea and around northern Australia are about +1oC warmer on average than 100 years ago, with the years 2009 through 2018 being the warmest...