National Regional Profile: Sydney (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17200   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
50
17
27
9
16
Total dwelling unitsno.
4 822
4 108
3 176
2 242
833
Value of total residential building$m
919.6
987.1
808.5
647.9
252.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
675.2
1 393.8
756.1
1 027.7
867.7
Value of total building$m
1 594.8
2 380.9
1 564.5
1 675.6
1 119.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
11 496
11 205
11 701
11 294
10 932
Other vehiclesno.
4 092
4 093
4 436
4 374
4 365
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
15 588
15 297
16 138
15 669
15 298
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
68 343
70 025
72 127
74 208
72 408
Campervansno.
84
86
111
86
73
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 959
8 270
7 745
8 221
8 255
Light rigid trucksno.
707
650
682
714
872
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 335
1 261
1 258
1 531
1 531
Articulated trucksno.
76
97
116
123
153
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
698
694
675
658
681
Busesno.
2 618
2 587
2 484
2 511
2 453
Motorcyclesno.
4 298
4 354
4 449
4 652
4 911
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
87 114
88 024
89 649
92 704
91 336
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
499
481
470
467
440
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
57
50
52
50
Light rigid trucksno.
5
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
9
8
10
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
4
4
4
Busesno.
19
18
16
16
15
Motorcyclesno.
31
30
29
29
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
636
604
584
583
555
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 940
5 969
5 129
4 148
3 405
Petrol - Unleadedno.
71 347
73 464
75 884
79 231
77 931
Dieselno.
7 300
6 817
6 707
7 541
8 238
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 529
1 773
1 928
1 783
1 765
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