National Regional Profile: Newtown (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210052755   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
35
43
41
35
46
Total dwelling unitsno.
48
53
44
39
57
Value of total residential building$m
15.0
15.6
17.9
15.6
19.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.5
4.7
2.8
9.2
13.4
Value of total building$m
19.5
20.3
20.7
24.8
32.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 198
1 140
1 186
933
983
Other vehiclesno.
506
446
484
562
581
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 704
1 586
1 670
1 495
1 564
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 415
7 419
7 525
7 423
7 536
Campervansno.
14
14
13
16
17
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 235
1 269
1 296
1 285
1 366
Light rigid trucksno.
66
87
87
89
87
Heavy rigid trucksno.
201
206
192
193
205
Articulated trucksno.
121
139
154
151
154
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
10
12
15
11
Busesno.
48
51
58
73
78
Motorcyclesno.
183
179
205
200
215
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 296
9 373
9 542
9 445
9 669
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
751
752
762
749
757
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
125
129
131
130
137
Light rigid trucksno.
7
9
9
9
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
21
19
19
21
Articulated trucksno.
12
14
16
15
15
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Busesno.
5
5
6
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
19
18
21
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
941
950
966
953
971
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 564
1 283
1 087
870
712
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 748
7 033
7 362
7 463
7 790
Dieselno.
634
720
763
811
874
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
349
337
331
300
292
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