National Regional Profile: Central Macquarie (excl. Dubbo) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
152
145
164
208
165
Total dwelling unitsno.
166
149
184
230
209
Value of total residential building$m
24.9
25.0
34.8
44.0
42.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.6
6.3
12.4
92.3
18.7
Value of total building$m
40.5
31.2
47.1
136.3
61.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
853
811
875
905
806
Other vehiclesno.
1 047
943
1 126
1 156
1 075
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 900
1 755
2 001
2 059
1 882
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 572
22 789
23 107
23 339
23 669
Campervansno.
82
89
86
86
89
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 216
10 411
10 780
11 030
11 354
Light rigid trucksno.
312
342
371
391
404
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 769
1 801
1 828
1 827
1 845
Articulated trucksno.
365
353
379
397
408
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
44
31
24
28
27
Busesno.
221
227
239
250
240
Motorcyclesno.
993
1 018
1 106
1 149
1 244
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 572
37 062
37 925
38 495
39 277
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
423
431
441
448
454
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
191
197
206
212
218
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
34
35
35
35
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
21
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
685
701
724
738
753
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 732
6 772
5 861
5 003
4 235
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 348
21 447
22 784
23 798
24 992
Dieselno.
8 189
8 548
8 958
9 383
9 697
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
304
296
321
311
353
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 766 621.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
388 758.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
266.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
817.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
820.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
25 659.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 959 017
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 151
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
413 513
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
17 474
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0