National Regional Profile: Copper Coast (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA41560   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
119
147
184
153
257
Total dwelling unitsno.
143
168
237
233
271
Value of total residential building$m
14.5
20.2
30.8
30.9
41.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
7.1
1.6
2.2
2.2
7.9
Value of total building$m
21.6
21.7
33.0
33.1
49.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
143
154
174
167
173
Other vehiclesno.
118
105
149
149
146
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
262
258
323
316
319
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 224
6 354
6 511
6 709
6 956
Campervansno.
42
42
40
41
47
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 380
1 432
1 490
1 558
1 621
Light rigid trucksno.
42
49
54
54
65
Heavy rigid trucksno.
226
225
232
233
258
Articulated trucksno.
68
62
70
70
68
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
8
11
13
10
Busesno.
25
32
32
37
39
Motorcyclesno.
374
345
343
389
445
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 392
8 548
8 782
9 104
9 509
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
562
566
572
578
585
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
125
128
131
134
136
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
20
20
22
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
34
31
30
33
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
758
762
772
784
800
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 812
2 452
2 136
1 866
1 596
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 727
5 151
5 616
6 128
6 662
Dieselno.
769
852
953
1 025
1 163
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
84
93
77
83
88
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
72 768.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
45 962.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
21.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
21.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
15 335.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
15 381
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 469
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
554
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0