National Regional Profile: Moree Plains (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 130205300   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
39
21
17
24
22
Total dwelling unitsno.
52
30
20
28
47
Value of total residential building$m
8.2
6.3
5.6
6.3
11.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.2
4.8
8.2
3.1
6.1
Value of total building$m
11.4
11.1
13.8
9.4
17.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
246
285
252
256
256
Other vehiclesno.
486
398
438
590
497
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
732
683
690
847
752
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 283
5 208
5 103
5 153
5 199
Campervansno.
8
8
9
10
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 197
3 126
3 025
3 063
3 138
Light rigid trucksno.
59
65
61
70
76
Heavy rigid trucksno.
462
443
447
445
457
Articulated trucksno.
175
153
164
197
190
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
6
3
3
3
Busesno.
62
65
60
67
61
Motorcyclesno.
169
162
150
153
177
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 423
9 234
9 023
9 160
9 310
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
332
335
337
348
357
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
201
201
200
207
215
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
28
30
30
31
Articulated trucksno.
11
10
11
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
11
10
10
10
12
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
591
593
596
619
639
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 271
1 083
930
789
684
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 937
5 016
4 995
5 146
5 350
Dieselno.
3 172
3 092
3 048
3 172
3 223
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
43
43
50
53
52
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 749 458.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
634 327.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 709.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 709.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
161 157.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
228 686
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
22
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
176 622
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
182
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0