National Regional Profile: Tamworth Regional (A) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 130057311   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
187
231
225
272
228
Total dwelling unitsno.
215
269
263
354
305
Value of total residential building$m
35.4
47.4
50.5
69.7
65.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
28.3
21.1
35.1
14.6
14.4
Value of total building$m
63.7
68.5
85.5
84.2
79.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 018
1 040
1 102
1 076
948
Other vehiclesno.
664
651
715
853
839
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 682
1 691
1 818
1 929
1 787
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
20 097
20 707
21 239
21 458
21 743
Campervansno.
44
50
53
55
59
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 513
6 041
6 208
6 328
6 418
Light rigid trucksno.
229
244
244
262
287
Heavy rigid trucksno.
970
1 021
1 053
1 062
1 064
Articulated trucksno.
238
251
251
266
239
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
29
34
32
29
32
Busesno.
173
162
165
164
156
Motorcyclesno.
790
852
949
1 054
1 126
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
28 083
29 362
30 194
30 679
31 125
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
470
480
490
492
490
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
129
140
143
145
145
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
24
24
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
20
22
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
656
681
697
703
701
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 977
5 276
4 545
3 851
3 260
Petrol - Unleadedno.
17 478
18 940
20 321
21 325
22 200
Dieselno.
4 317
4 811
5 018
5 185
5 282
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
311
335
310
318
383
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
39 901.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 359.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
20.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
33.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
33.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
86.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
21 141
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 246
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
21 274
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 462
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0