National Regional Profile: Central Coast (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA60810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
62
61
106
81
94
Total dwelling unitsno.
65
61
117
107
112
Value of total residential building$m
9.8
10.6
19.9
22.8
24.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
3.8
2.2
3.3
2.9
Value of total building$m
11.8
14.4
22.2
26.0
27.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
217
234
259
318
308
Other vehiclesno.
208
224
269
334
296
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
425
458
528
653
604
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 334
10 401
10 808
11 080
11 311
Campervansno.
197
199
210
208
215
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 999
3 081
3 162
3 295
3 447
Light rigid trucksno.
77
90
91
88
96
Heavy rigid trucksno.
359
350
358
349
345
Articulated trucksno.
71
58
74
76
70
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
18
14
11
11
Busesno.
84
73
68
73
79
Motorcyclesno.
516
480
543
570
647
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 657
14 750
15 328
15 748
16 219
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
494
494
512
529
532
Campervansno.
9
9
10
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
143
146
150
157
162
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
17
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
4
4
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
25
23
26
27
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
701
701
726
751
763
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 952
3 412
2 996
2 490
2 132
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 716
9 270
10 081
10 864
11 537
Dieselno.
1 849
1 933
2 099
2 234
2 387
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
140
135
154
160
163
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
29 557.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
309.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 467.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
68.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
72.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 338.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
14 137
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
9 580
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
19 525
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
241
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0