National Regional Profile: Hastings (excl. Port Macquarie) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
717
879
937
624
506
Total dwelling unitsno.
803
1 035
1 130
821
654
Value of total residential building$m
113.5
164.2
198.8
159.4
137.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
89.9
37.1
37.4
29.8
56.2
Value of total building$m
203.3
201.2
236.2
189.2
193.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 388
1 414
1 717
1 697
1 527
Other vehiclesno.
978
1 095
1 355
1 460
1 226
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 368
2 511
3 073
3 160
2 754
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
46 834
49 189
51 337
52 962
53 884
Campervansno.
288
320
337
352
374
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 905
11 421
11 944
12 425
12 736
Light rigid trucksno.
466
498
531
541
557
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 433
1 494
1 567
1 593
1 599
Articulated trucksno.
273
275
273
277
272
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
38
37
38
38
42
Busesno.
628
599
344
359
362
Motorcyclesno.
1 991
2 147
2 340
2 511
2 653
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
62 853
65 977
68 710
71 056
72 480
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
464
481
495
504
509
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
108
112
115
118
120
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
15
15
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
6
6
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
23
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
623
645
663
676
685
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 175
11 705
10 147
8 515
7 097
Petrol - Unleadedno.
40 068
44 168
48 009
51 330
53 595
Dieselno.
8 978
9 441
9 870
10 517
11 039
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
633
664
686
693
749
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
402 278.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
317.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
334.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 087.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 167.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
280.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
589
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
38 895
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
162 836
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 435
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0