National Regional Profile: Sydney (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
13 252
10 766
9 482
7 199
6 281
Total dwelling unitsno.
32 266
31 511
29 653
22 233
17 407
Value of total residential building$m
6 146.2
6 683.5
6 883.4
5 898.8
5 217.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
3 142.8
4 518.2
3 960.0
4 856.8
4 433.9
Value of total building$m
9 289.0
11 201.7
10 843.4
10 755.6
9 651.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
136 320
135 726
139 810
137 585
134 842
Other vehiclesno.
55 276
61 082
68 845
68 916
64 153
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
191 595
196 803
208 655
206 511
198 998
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 973 324
2 015 656
2 064 950
2 094 129
2 124 030
Campervansno.
2 911
3 278
3 553
3 363
3 288
Light commercial vehiclesno.
233 561
239 925
248 464
255 444
258 476
Light rigid trucksno.
17 027
17 461
18 297
19 158
19 840
Heavy rigid trucksno.
35 493
35 721
36 725
37 342
37 171
Articulated trucksno.
6 008
5 893
6 251
6 514
6 409
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2 234
2 227
2 353
2 230
2 158
Busesno.
10 077
10 214
11 159
11 156
11 422
Motorcyclesno.
49 740
51 905
54 749
57 408
61 610
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 330 380
2 382 287
2 446 491
2 486 750
2 524 399
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
474
481
490
493
496
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
56
57
59
60
60
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
12
12
13
14
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
560
568
580
585
589
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
290 226
238 029
194 093
156 730
128 239
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 888 801
1 985 768
2 084 400
2 154 160
2 210 618
Dieselno.
124 797
130 143
138 058
145 137
151 739
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
26 563
28 344
29 942
30 714
33 802
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
103 780.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
50.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 689.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 078.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 154.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
34.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 177
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 335
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
35 661
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
9 311
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0