National Regional Profile: Esk (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 312053050   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
50
57
145
144
130
Total dwelling unitsno.
50
60
145
148
130
Value of total residential building$m
6.3
7.3
23.2
26.0
26.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.2
0.3
1.1
3.1
5.7
Value of total building$m
6.5
7.6
24.3
29.1
31.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
162
186
226
255
253
Other vehiclesno.
149
187
262
277
258
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
311
373
488
532
512
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 969
7 208
7 603
7 793
8 132
Campervansno.
33
41
47
45
54
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 360
2 444
2 591
2 737
2 903
Light rigid trucksno.
99
104
118
124
131
Heavy rigid trucksno.
394
403
424
452
451
Articulated trucksno.
100
105
112
113
114
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
6
8
11
9
Busesno.
53
56
60
56
69
Motorcyclesno.
402
393
403
463
533
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 419
10 760
11 365
11 794
12 396
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
468
477
497
499
507
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
162
169
175
181
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
27
28
29
28
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
27
26
26
30
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
699
712
743
755
773
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 010
2 633
2 331
1 994
1 713
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 497
6 073
6 794
7 355
8 065
Dieselno.
1 706
1 841
2 002
2 178
2 345
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
205
214
238
267
274
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
322 915.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
600.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 775.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
308.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
312.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
436.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
265
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 133
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
81 387
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 057
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0