National Regional Profile: Wagga Wagga (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
250
259
401
456
160
Total dwelling unitsno.
258
371
476
575
284
Value of total residential building$m
43.5
60.6
92.1
128.7
70.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
27.4
19.8
34.1
40.5
37.4
Value of total building$m
70.8
80.4
126.2
169.2
107.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 789
1 634
1 584
1 757
1 438
Other vehiclesno.
814
912
1 061
1 202
1 136
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 603
2 546
2 645
2 959
2 573
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
24 306
24 807
25 631
26 157
26 648
Campervansno.
37
48
58
57
56
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 956
6 171
6 416
6 741
6 987
Light rigid trucksno.
183
192
200
237
252
Heavy rigid trucksno.
904
886
889
871
904
Articulated trucksno.
578
563
601
625
587
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
39
40
41
46
41
Busesno.
162
163
185
192
210
Motorcyclesno.
1 058
1 061
1 104
1 171
1 254
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
33 223
33 930
35 127
36 096
36 939
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
462
468
479
482
483
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
113
116
120
124
127
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
11
11
11
12
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
21
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
631
640
657
666
669
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 408
5 608
4 930
4 197
3 480
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 896
23 255
24 834
26 211
27 369
Dieselno.
4 113
4 272
4 605
4 945
5 309
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
806
795
757
742
782
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
18 502.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 998.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
246.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
27 204
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
169
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 288
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0