National Regional Profile: North Central Plain (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13020   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
63
53
36
41
55
Total dwelling unitsno.
82
64
42
47
80
Value of total residential building$m
12.9
12.7
9.8
10.7
19.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.3
7.2
11.0
9.1
8.7
Value of total building$m
28.2
19.9
20.7
19.9
27.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
468
482
432
421
450
Other vehiclesno.
905
690
805
1 041
910
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 373
1 172
1 237
1 463
1 359
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 976
10 896
10 708
10 768
10 907
Campervansno.
17
12
15
18
19
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 622
6 496
6 299
6 407
6 573
Light rigid trucksno.
141
155
160
176
182
Heavy rigid trucksno.
958
934
926
921
933
Articulated trucksno.
338
288
300
360
350
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
21
19
17
17
Busesno.
108
113
109
113
111
Motorcyclesno.
418
396
427
431
462
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 600
19 309
18 965
19 210
19 554
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
362
367
369
377
386
Campervansno.
1
0
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
219
219
217
224
233
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
32
31
32
32
33
Articulated trucksno.
11
10
10
13
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
14
13
15
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
647
650
653
673
692
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 023
2 582
2 225
1 932
1 670
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 211
10 449
10 509
10 797
11 303
Dieselno.
6 282
6 194
6 141
6 383
6 478
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
85
84
89
98
102
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 540 313.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
791 244.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
141.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 816.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 816.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
232 052.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
408 951
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
321
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
281 973
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
18 080
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0