National Regional Profile: Dubbo (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA12600   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
215
215
197
213
204
Total dwelling unitsno.
271
257
239
248
210
Value of total residential building$m
40.3
47.0
51.4
54.3
50.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.6
22.6
37.5
44.1
20.4
Value of total building$m
61.9
69.6
88.9
98.3
71.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 168
1 047
1 181
1 184
1 021
Other vehiclesno.
792
734
943
1 032
1 031
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 961
1 782
2 123
2 216
2 052
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
17 204
17 458
17 880
18 025
18 381
Campervansno.
42
49
44
46
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 235
5 356
5 525
5 545
5 757
Light rigid trucksno.
219
231
222
251
272
Heavy rigid trucksno.
868
836
851
854
876
Articulated trucksno.
227
234
242
256
262
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
44
46
31
25
24
Busesno.
132
127
135
136
131
Motorcyclesno.
779
832
873
919
990
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
24 746
25 169
25 802
26 056
26 737
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
443
449
459
461
465
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
135
138
142
142
146
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
22
22
22
22
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
637
647
662
666
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 337
3 745
3 231
2 681
2 257
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 506
17 390
18 346
19 001
19 900
Dieselno.
3 681
3 791
3 978
4 138
4 341
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
223
243
246
236
240
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
210 305.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
25 461.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
107.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
52.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
52.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 766.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
199 136
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 084
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
32 739
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 230
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0