National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105456351   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
347
290
160
66
60
Total dwelling unitsno.
488
462
457
134
93
Value of total residential building$m
85.8
85.3
81.6
36.1
33.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
62.2
40.6
44.0
76.6
39.0
Value of total building$m
148.0
125.9
125.5
112.7
72.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 871
1 911
2 101
1 998
1 826
Other vehiclesno.
864
1 037
1 151
1 241
957
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 736
2 948
3 253
3 239
2 783
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
43 054
43 745
44 692
45 609
46 033
Campervansno.
50
60
60
51
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 952
6 190
6 465
6 838
6 904
Light rigid trucksno.
429
462
474
524
503
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 125
1 172
1 172
1 190
1 198
Articulated trucksno.
241
231
237
255
250
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
37
35
34
35
34
Busesno.
107
124
135
148
142
Motorcyclesno.
1 388
1 449
1 528
1 658
1 663
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 384
53 469
54 796
56 308
56 771
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
443
452
466
476
481
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
61
64
67
71
72
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
13
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
14
15
16
17
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
539
553
571
587
593
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 855
6 471
5 311
4 353
3 518
Petrol - Unleadedno.
40 375
42 616
44 961
47 145
48 287
Dieselno.
3 403
3 596
3 741
4 031
4 112
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
751
786
783
778
855
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 252.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
293.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
34.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
34.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
94
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 399
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0