National Regional Profile: Forbes (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140152900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
25
10
24
36
25
Total dwelling unitsno.
39
10
26
47
29
Value of total residential building$m
6.1
2.1
4.6
10.2
6.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
0.6
3.6
1.9
1.2
Value of total building$m
8.1
2.7
8.1
12.0
7.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
159
183
189
183
163
Other vehiclesno.
144
175
151
191
224
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
303
359
340
374
387
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 206
4 311
4 326
4 347
4 396
Campervansno.
7
11
12
12
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 896
1 977
2 002
1 992
2 067
Light rigid trucksno.
59
62
64
69
71
Heavy rigid trucksno.
334
325
323
331
326
Articulated trucksno.
88
89
86
95
100
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
5
6
7
8
Busesno.
32
33
31
33
33
Motorcyclesno.
140
140
143
186
183
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 769
6 952
6 993
7 073
7 197
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
417
432
441
445
451
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
188
198
204
204
212
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
33
33
34
33
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
14
14
15
19
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
671
696
713
724
738
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 481
1 324
1 155
967
824
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 828
4 077
4 246
4 470
4 682
Dieselno.
1 377
1 457
1 495
1 542
1 594
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
82
94
98
94
97
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
410 852.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
124 373.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
271.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
271.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 976.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
503 180
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 240
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
48 713
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
8 302
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0