National Regional Profile: Muswellbrook (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110105650   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
27
28
113
59
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
29
32
137
64
117
Value of total residential building$m
5.3
5.7
25.7
13.0
20.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.9
5.8
2.5
13.2
19.3
Value of total building$m
15.1
11.6
28.2
26.2
39.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
451
412
398
411
434
Other vehiclesno.
328
338
349
422
454
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
779
751
746
833
888
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 692
6 912
7 145
7 573
8 003
Campervansno.
18
18
15
14
15
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 073
2 175
2 249
2 348
2 532
Light rigid trucksno.
63
74
88
90
86
Heavy rigid trucksno.
308
306
335
316
321
Articulated trucksno.
62
61
57
53
48
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
5
11
12
13
Busesno.
63
68
89
92
90
Motorcyclesno.
389
405
446
436
507
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 674
10 024
10 436
10 934
11 615
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
432
444
459
482
502
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
134
140
144
150
159
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
6
6
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
22
20
20
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
29
28
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
625
644
670
697
728
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 507
1 312
1 161
1 013
877
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 294
6 695
7 125
7 667
8 365
Dieselno.
1 802
1 929
2 054
2 148
2 260
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
72
89
97
107
113
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
121 871.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
345.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
13.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
369.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
369.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
31.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 517
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10 421
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
35 745
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 211
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0