National Regional Profile: Wollongong (C) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 115058454   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
381
274
235
235
214
Total dwelling unitsno.
718
566
602
427
609
Value of total residential building$m
110.8
110.0
123.2
101.8
135.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
45.1
38.9
29.6
49.6
80.1
Value of total building$m
155.8
148.8
152.8
151.4
215.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 516
1 667
1 876
1 726
1 886
Other vehiclesno.
812
948
1 056
1 161
1 059
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 327
2 614
2 933
2 887
2 945
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
42 312
43 339
44 414
45 025
46 149
Campervansno.
84
96
96
93
102
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 175
6 347
6 622
6 911
7 133
Light rigid trucksno.
482
469
470
502
524
Heavy rigid trucksno.
764
738
767
823
858
Articulated trucksno.
245
245
231
233
240
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
26
27
29
25
Busesno.
157
170
185
179
191
Motorcyclesno.
1 563
1 574
1 699
1 787
1 938
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
51 801
53 002
54 510
55 581
57 159
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
450
459
469
475
484
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
66
67
70
73
75
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
8
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
2
2
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
18
19
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
551
562
576
586
600
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 992
6 670
5 444
4 457
3 579
Petrol - Unleadedno.
39 792
42 165
44 729
46 537
48 609
Dieselno.
3 377
3 470
3 631
3 841
4 127
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
639
697
706
746
845
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 660.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
50.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
50.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
349
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 728
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0