National Regional Profile: Upper Hunter Shire (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17620   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
44
47
58
67
53
Total dwelling unitsno.
51
47
66
80
64
Value of total residential building$m
7.9
10.9
12.4
17.7
15.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.7
3.4
3.6
2.5
2.0
Value of total building$m
9.7
14.3
16.0
20.1
17.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
223
257
300
295
262
Other vehiclesno.
286
260
355
397
365
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
509
516
655
692
627
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 790
5 951
6 119
6 158
6 376
Campervansno.
13
8
13
13
14
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 347
2 427
2 522
2 570
2 659
Light rigid trucksno.
75
76
84
89
97
Heavy rigid trucksno.
435
440
436
436
464
Articulated trucksno.
114
107
107
111
113
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
12
11
13
12
Busesno.
51
47
52
58
60
Motorcyclesno.
247
264
302
338
375
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 084
9 332
9 646
9 784
10 170
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
428
442
457
456
469
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
173
180
188
190
195
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
32
33
33
32
34
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
20
23
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
671
693
720
725
747
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 555
1 335
1 133
944
828
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 208
5 568
5 942
6 191
6 539
Dieselno.
2 239
2 337
2 463
2 550
2 700
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
82
93
107
100
103
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
646 774.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
9 532.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
26.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
172.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
172.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
676.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
257 681
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 407
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
182 980
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 758
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0