National Regional Profile: Central North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
56
52
116
107
79
Total dwelling unitsno.
56
52
122
108
82
Value of total residential building$m
6.2
8.1
18.1
19.0
17.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.3
5.2
14.2
11.3
9.6
Value of total building$m
11.5
13.3
32.3
30.3
27.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
260
221
263
319
342
Other vehiclesno.
278
286
326
422
292
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
539
508
588
742
631
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 594
10 315
10 675
10 898
11 263
Campervansno.
123
139
146
151
170
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 377
4 491
4 613
4 786
5 004
Light rigid trucksno.
121
123
119
121
125
Heavy rigid trucksno.
573
553
541
548
563
Articulated trucksno.
169
155
159
157
149
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
11
18
9
16
Busesno.
117
117
112
114
117
Motorcyclesno.
513
487
520
534
583
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 606
16 395
16 897
17 320
17 992
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
515
500
510
519
536
Campervansno.
6
7
7
7
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
213
218
220
228
238
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
27
26
26
27
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
25
24
25
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
807
795
807
825
856
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 475
4 689
4 159
3 593
3 282
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 202
8 673
9 501
10 211
10 950
Dieselno.
2 736
2 852
3 053
3 310
3 556
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
191
182
186
206
202
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
508 520.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
14 354.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5 477.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
66.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
107.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 136.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 118 336
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
37 288
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
115 092
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7 396
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0