National Regional Profile: Lake Macquarie (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110054655   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
234
204
183
176
140
Total dwelling unitsno.
274
227
282
208
215
Value of total residential building$m
49.6
50.5
63.9
55.8
59.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.8
8.6
12.9
20.6
16.8
Value of total building$m
67.4
59.1
76.8
76.4
76.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
882
1 053
1 108
1 048
946
Other vehiclesno.
488
558
661
649
589
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 370
1 611
1 769
1 697
1 535
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
25 245
26 141
26 852
27 379
27 959
Campervansno.
128
152
158
171
195
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 877
3 985
4 193
4 295
4 463
Light rigid trucksno.
233
246
257
252
267
Heavy rigid trucksno.
397
417
452
450
466
Articulated trucksno.
98
85
84
72
77
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
14
15
12
Busesno.
191
185
200
205
222
Motorcyclesno.
939
963
1 013
1 087
1 173
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 123
32 188
33 223
33 927
34 834
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
479
493
505
513
523
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
74
75
79
81
83
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
8
8
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
591
607
624
636
651
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 722
4 926
4 053
3 289
2 627
Petrol - Unleadedno.
22 374
24 078
25 791
27 139
28 340
Dieselno.
2 531
2 698
2 881
3 004
3 237
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
496
486
499
495
630
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 641.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
328
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
723
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0