National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) - Throsby (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110055905   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
178
132
162
157
102
Total dwelling unitsno.
312
259
339
290
337
Value of total residential building$m
52.4
53.1
74.0
66.0
67.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
31.8
53.2
81.3
38.6
176.0
Value of total building$m
84.1
106.2
155.3
104.5
243.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 793
1 842
1 708
1 700
1 757
Other vehiclesno.
601
664
719
727
879
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 394
2 505
2 427
2 426
2 636
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
25 945
26 443
27 120
26 911
27 813
Campervansno.
73
70
69
76
74
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 143
3 230
3 305
3 362
3 572
Light rigid trucksno.
198
181
194
192
206
Heavy rigid trucksno.
216
221
233
236
248
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
11
15
30
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
47
76
57
51
27
Busesno.
257
264
289
257
272
Motorcyclesno.
851
866
911
973
1 083
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
30 740
31 363
32 190
32 073
33 325
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
490
497
507
501
514
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
59
61
62
63
66
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
0
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
581
589
602
597
616
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 707
3 953
3 288
2 618
2 079
Petrol - Unleadedno.
24 282
25 517
26 889
27 325
28 901
Dieselno.
1 509
1 623
1 732
1 816
1 976
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
242
269
282
314
369
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0