National Regional Profile: Tamworth Regional (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17310   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
203
248
257
312
278
Total dwelling unitsno.
231
286
299
395
357
Value of total residential building$m
37.7
50.6
57.3
77.1
75.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.1
24.5
38.6
18.4
27.2
Value of total building$m
67.8
75.1
95.9
95.4
102.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 188
1 221
1 300
1 256
1 102
Other vehiclesno.
820
807
903
1 057
1 030
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 008
2 028
2 204
2 313
2 132
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
25 153
25 800
26 501
26 757
27 056
Campervansno.
55
65
70
79
87
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 430
8 044
8 295
8 440
8 554
Light rigid trucksno.
298
309
316
339
368
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 365
1 416
1 465
1 473
1 466
Articulated trucksno.
291
300
303
319
283
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
39
41
40
38
40
Busesno.
219
207
211
208
202
Motorcyclesno.
972
1 037
1 158
1 288
1 354
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
35 822
37 219
38 359
38 941
39 411
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
464
473
484
486
484
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
137
148
152
153
153
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
26
27
27
26
Articulated trucksno.
5
6
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
21
23
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
660
682
701
707
705
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 795
6 896
5 951
5 020
4 237
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 710
23 404
25 182
26 410
27 465
Dieselno.
5 931
6 511
6 846
7 116
7 233
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
386
408
380
394
476
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
777 186.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
29 408.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
28.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
150.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
156.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
342.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
522 614
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
9 478
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
230 765
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7 129
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0