National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530753   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
184
245
221
128
122
Total dwelling unitsno.
368
524
527
336
266
Value of total residential building$m
49.7
71.2
69.5
48.9
41.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
37.0
43.4
50.1
151.5
73.3
Value of total building$m
86.7
114.5
119.7
200.4
115.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 323
1 242
1 389
1 379
1 331
Other vehiclesno.
546
618
741
859
727
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 868
1 861
2 130
2 238
2 058
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
35 056
35 544
36 312
37 353
38 667
Campervansno.
25
26
30
28
26
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 527
3 613
3 669
3 782
3 880
Light rigid trucksno.
243
236
246
267
274
Heavy rigid trucksno.
546
574
605
624
523
Articulated trucksno.
108
145
129
142
150
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
26
22
24
22
29
Busesno.
111
121
124
131
135
Motorcyclesno.
824
818
850
913
944
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
40 464
41 098
41 989
43 260
44 628
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
372
378
383
391
402
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
37
38
39
40
40
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
7
5
Articulated trucksno.
1
2
1
1
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
9
9
9
10
10
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
430
437
442
453
464
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 137
5 724
4 571
3 545
2 762
Petrol - Unleadedno.
30 945
32 819
34 826
36 947
39 029
Dieselno.
1 752
1 903
1 940
2 088
2 050
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
631
653
651
680
787
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
72.3
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.
-
-
-
-
17
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0