National Regional Profile: Central Coast (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620050811   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
55
59
98
74
86
Total dwelling unitsno.
58
59
109
100
104
Value of total residential building$m
8.6
10.2
18.5
21.2
22.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.9
3.8
2.2
3.3
2.9
Value of total building$m
10.4
14.0
20.7
24.5
25.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
184
198
218
270
262
Other vehiclesno.
174
190
229
279
251
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
358
388
446
550
513
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 741
8 810
9 171
9 405
9 609
Campervansno.
168
169
180
177
184
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 531
2 603
2 675
2 786
2 919
Light rigid trucksno.
64
75
76
73
80
Heavy rigid trucksno.
303
295
303
296
292
Articulated trucksno.
59
48
62
63
58
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
15
11
8
8
Busesno.
71
61
57
61
66
Motorcyclesno.
435
404
457
479
549
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 388
12 481
12 992
13 348
13 763
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
493
494
512
528
531
Campervansno.
9
9
10
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
143
146
149
157
161
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
17
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
4
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
25
23
26
27
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
699
700
725
750
760
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 341
2 890
2 542
2 111
1 807
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 370
7 848
8 546
9 214
9 798
Dieselno.
1 559
1 629
1 774
1 886
2 020
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
118
114
131
136
138
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 004.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
108.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
711.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
63.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
67.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
393.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 765
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 421
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 936
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
45
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0