National Regional Profile: Cobar (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135151750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
4
2
4
10
25
Total dwelling unitsno.
8
4
4
13
25
Value of total residential building$m
0.4
0.9
1.1
3.1
5.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.4
0.6
2.2
1.7
0.4
Value of total building$m
0.8
1.5
3.3
4.8
6.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
78
60
72
75
70
Other vehiclesno.
105
112
122
162
189
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
183
172
194
237
259
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 733
1 725
1 733
1 812
1 897
Campervansno.
0
3
0
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
990
1 012
1 049
1 111
1 143
Light rigid trucksno.
20
25
24
27
28
Heavy rigid trucksno.
98
96
96
85
81
Articulated trucksno.
19
19
21
21
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
22
21
20
21
20
Motorcyclesno.
96
101
111
123
131
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 981
3 003
3 059
3 203
3 322
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
335
338
342
357
371
Campervansno.
0
1
0
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
192
198
207
219
224
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
19
17
16
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
22
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
577
588
604
631
650
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
525
458
407
353
293
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 619
1 659
1 739
1 905
2 028
Dieselno.
811
857
879
908
963
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
27
30
33
37
37
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 500 905.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
54 677.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
233.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
270 075
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
20 503
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
74
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0