National Regional Profile: Parramatta (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16250   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
136
223
161
132
166
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 042
1 380
1 570
976
1 237
Value of total residential building$m
173.5
191.6
247.8
174.2
240.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
225.7
134.4
244.5
174.3
337.9
Value of total building$m
399.2
325.9
492.2
348.5
577.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 556
6 345
6 418
6 018
5 864
Other vehiclesno.
2 353
2 508
2 987
2 946
2 701
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
7 909
8 854
9 405
8 965
8 565
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
70 685
75 062
74 094
74 503
76 246
Campervansno.
82
75
74
83
87
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 977
11 244
9 639
10 729
10 637
Light rigid trucksno.
724
783
762
779
783
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 939
2 153
2 091
2 138
2 118
Articulated trucksno.
356
306
265
258
272
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
86
114
88
74
72
Busesno.
709
749
741
690
603
Motorcyclesno.
1 501
1 521
1 604
1 623
1 685
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
84 060
92 005
89 359
90 880
92 502
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
478
506
494
491
495
Campervansno.
1
1
0
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
54
76
64
71
69
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
15
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
10
10
11
11
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
569
620
595
599
600
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 157
8 082
6 459
5 224
4 196
Petrol - Unleadedno.
67 522
75 962
75 357
77 953
80 343
Dieselno.
5 431
6 918
6 356
6 540
6 691
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
951
1 046
1 187
1 162
1 273
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7.0
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