National Regional Profile: Clarence Valley (A) - Coast (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125051736   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
78
181
180
122
141
Total dwelling unitsno.
121
199
235
233
176
Value of total residential building$m
17.8
30.7
42.4
46.0
38.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.8
3.7
6.1
4.6
4.8
Value of total building$m
19.5
34.4
48.5
50.6
43.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
215
262
311
287
258
Other vehiclesno.
144
210
232
211
203
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
358
472
543
498
461
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 447
8 804
9 310
9 593
9 806
Campervansno.
53
63
77
80
77
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 040
2 176
2 310
2 317
2 312
Light rigid trucksno.
67
78
76
96
89
Heavy rigid trucksno.
218
217
232
226
212
Articulated trucksno.
29
26
29
27
29
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
7
10
12
11
Busesno.
53
52
68
68
64
Motorcyclesno.
309
321
344
349
388
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 223
11 743
12 454
12 770
12 990
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
439
451
472
479
485
Campervansno.
3
3
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
106
112
117
116
114
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
5
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
12
11
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
583
602
631
638
642
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 450
2 162
1 883
1 572
1 338
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 048
7 741
8 561
9 097
9 515
Dieselno.
1 637
1 741
1 899
1 980
2 004
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
88
98
111
121
133
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
67 881.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
142.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
45.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
138.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
161.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
10 218.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
97
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
567
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
19 518
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0