National Regional Profile: Kempsey (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
175
236
235
110
80
Total dwelling unitsno.
176
269
265
152
93
Value of total residential building$m
23.6
40.9
46.7
31.6
24.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
69.0
14.8
11.4
7.2
5.2
Value of total building$m
92.6
55.6
58.1
38.8
29.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
345
330
416
407
376
Other vehiclesno.
294
281
353
390
309
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
639
612
769
797
685
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
12 126
12 848
13 320
13 731
13 977
Campervansno.
75
80
82
85
84
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 152
3 329
3 452
3 591
3 710
Light rigid trucksno.
121
136
140
139
148
Heavy rigid trucksno.
464
488
500
509
470
Articulated trucksno.
108
119
121
123
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
7
7
8
12
Busesno.
431
400
110
123
126
Motorcyclesno.
565
618
639
683
690
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 052
18 025
18 370
18 991
19 346
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
441
464
478
484
491
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
115
120
124
127
130
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
18
18
18
17
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
16
14
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
23
24
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
620
651
659
670
679
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 889
3 441
2 986
2 554
2 151
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 003
11 274
12 141
12 971
13 544
Dieselno.
3 014
3 147
3 071
3 281
3 444
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
147
163
172
185
207
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
149 184.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
217.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
148.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
411.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
454.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
133.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
278
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 975
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
61 486
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 541
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0