National Regional Profile: Oberon (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16100   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
52
42
46
42
35
Total dwelling unitsno.
53
42
48
48
38
Value of total residential building$m
7.9
8.7
9.1
9.0
9.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.4
1.3
3.8
2.0
3.5
Value of total building$m
9.3
10.0
13.0
11.1
12.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
74
83
105
96
87
Other vehiclesno.
100
112
127
136
109
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
174
196
233
231
196
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 293
2 380
2 509
2 530
2 572
Campervansno.
9
10
11
14
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 054
1 085
1 107
1 137
1 173
Light rigid trucksno.
36
43
45
46
50
Heavy rigid trucksno.
182
174
178
146
149
Articulated trucksno.
99
94
86
68
80
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
4
5
4
5
Busesno.
17
20
17
17
21
Motorcyclesno.
140
150
153
159
178
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 838
3 960
4 110
4 122
4 240
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
432
452
480
482
489
Campervansno.
2
2
2
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
198
206
212
217
223
Light rigid trucksno.
7
8
9
9
10
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
33
34
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
19
18
16
13
15
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
4
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
26
28
29
30
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
723
752
786
785
806
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
733
646
578
500
425
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 218
2 390
2 579
2 666
2 817
Dieselno.
859
891
917
922
964
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
27
32
36
33
34
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
171 886.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
12 381.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
66.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
115.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
117.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 788.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
286 313
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
55 750
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0