National Regional Profile: Lithgow (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140074870   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
111
97
118
76
37
Total dwelling unitsno.
127
124
129
111
43
Value of total residential building$m
18.4
19.7
24.0
20.9
9.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.5
8.4
9.4
1.9
10.0
Value of total building$m
24.8
28.1
33.4
22.9
19.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
333
396
472
483
398
Other vehiclesno.
280
320
358
397
344
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
613
716
831
880
742
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 136
9 305
9 566
9 677
9 874
Campervansno.
18
30
30
42
48
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 958
3 093
3 208
3 328
3 434
Light rigid trucksno.
117
135
142
132
136
Heavy rigid trucksno.
291
306
332
337
337
Articulated trucksno.
75
72
70
73
80
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
16
16
18
17
Busesno.
60
63
69
92
90
Motorcyclesno.
570
595
699
753
836
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 245
13 616
14 133
14 453
14 851
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
444
452
464
470
478
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
144
150
156
162
166
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
15
16
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
28
29
34
37
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
661
685
702
719
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 067
2 696
2 374
2 067
1 810
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 373
8 986
9 734
10 274
10 839
Dieselno.
1 653
1 769
1 843
1 941
2 018
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
152
165
181
171
184
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
103 594.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
347.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
20.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
20.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
7.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
45 050
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
185
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
36 880
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
139
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0