National Regional Profile: Yass Valley (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 145108710   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
126
123
115
115
81
Total dwelling unitsno.
126
123
115
126
81
Value of total residential building$m
23.7
23.8
23.2
25.5
19.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.4
1.5
2.0
1.0
0.9
Value of total building$m
25.1
25.3
25.2
26.4
20.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
210
223
259
215
212
Other vehiclesno.
195
241
273
306
229
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
404
463
532
521
441
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 740
5 976
6 211
6 332
6 516
Campervansno.
14
19
23
27
23
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 101
2 229
2 342
2 461
2 536
Light rigid trucksno.
84
90
94
101
98
Heavy rigid trucksno.
354
363
365
383
389
Articulated trucksno.
44
32
34
43
42
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
13
14
14
14
Busesno.
42
44
47
44
48
Motorcyclesno.
199
227
254
258
285
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 592
8 992
9 382
9 663
9 951
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
460
463
470
471
474
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
168
173
177
183
184
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
8
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
28
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
4
2
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
4
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
16
18
19
19
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
689
697
710
719
724
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 669
1 472
1 251
1 054
896
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 244
5 722
6 205
6 542
6 868
Dieselno.
1 462
1 568
1 693
1 811
1 896
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
217
231
232
257
291
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
287 025.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
6 213.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
10.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
83.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
99.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 031.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
967 307
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
98
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
38 816
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
729
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0