National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) - Inner City (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110055903   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
153
115
135
132
85
Total dwelling unitsno.
703
480
884
366
471
Value of total residential building$m
146.8
98.3
189.8
83.1
84.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
68.6
48.5
116.4
57.0
216.0
Value of total building$m
215.5
146.8
306.2
140.1
300.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 681
1 811
1 921
1 789
1 803
Other vehiclesno.
830
874
898
1 046
1 094
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 511
2 685
2 819
2 835
2 897
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
23 228
24 147
25 156
25 314
26 033
Campervansno.
79
90
93
90
92
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 608
3 937
4 112
4 052
4 007
Light rigid trucksno.
276
293
304
288
289
Heavy rigid trucksno.
443
569
575
476
402
Articulated trucksno.
118
115
97
100
78
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
13
17
11
11
Busesno.
122
148
144
150
137
Motorcyclesno.
721
793
847
917
1 013
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
28 609
30 105
31 343
31 397
32 060
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
481
493
506
501
514
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
75
80
83
80
79
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
12
12
9
8
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
15
16
17
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
593
614
631
622
633
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 245
3 553
2 968
2 354
1 895
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 962
23 671
25 371
26 339
27 451
Dieselno.
2 102
2 557
2 664
2 403
2 349
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
301
324
340
302
366
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0