National Regional Profile: Cobar (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135151750   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
4
10
25
22
17
Total dwelling units no.
4
13
25
31
21

Value of private sector houses $m
0.3
1.9
5.1
4.2
3.3
Value of new residential building $m
0.3
2.6
5.1
5.3
3.7
Value of total residential building $m
1.1
3.1
5.9
6.1
4.4
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.2
1.7
0.4
2.4
2.6
Value of total building $m
3.3
4.8
6.4
8.5
7.0

Average value of private sector houses $'000
73.0
192.6
205.2
189.3
192.5

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
333
347
360
369
375
Campervans no.
0
0
1
0
0
Light commercial vehicles no.
202
213
217
226
252
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
5
6
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
19
16
16
17
18
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
3
5
4
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
0
0
0
0
Buses no.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcycles no.
21
24
25
28
33
Total registered motor vehicles no.
589
614
631
654
692

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
766
820
927
1 000
1 075
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
913
944
924
922
929
10 years or older no.
1 299
1 359
1 392
1 467
1 539

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
12.2
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
8.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
6.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
26.6
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
3 500 905.2
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
54 677.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
233.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
270 075
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
20 503
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
74
-
-

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