National Regional Profile: Waratah/Wynyard (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620055411   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
27
35
49
40
51
Total dwelling unitsno.
29
35
57
68
68
Value of total residential building$m
4.4
5.6
10.7
12.8
13.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
8.6
1.2
2.5
2.8
Value of total building$m
5.1
14.2
11.8
15.3
16.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
116
141
132
185
158
Other vehiclesno.
107
106
114
171
152
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
223
247
245
356
310
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 039
5 075
5 287
5 467
5 656
Campervansno.
78
87
83
92
85
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 454
1 560
1 631
1 698
1 781
Light rigid trucksno.
41
39
43
48
47
Heavy rigid trucksno.
158
157
173
168
176
Articulated trucksno.
32
34
33
37
38
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
4
3
4
4
Busesno.
46
43
37
40
45
Motorcyclesno.
220
206
223
225
246
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 075
7 206
7 513
7 778
8 078
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
457
461
474
491
504
Campervansno.
7
8
7
8
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
132
142
146
153
159
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
16
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
19
20
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
642
654
674
699
719
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 880
1 637
1 468
1 242
1 070
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 140
4 423
4 811
5 232
5 628
Dieselno.
989
1 069
1 153
1 217
1 296
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
65
77
82
87
84
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
9 531.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
134.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
389.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
15.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
15.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
428.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 292
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4 376
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 665
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
737
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0