National Regional Profile: Hastings (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
540
535
537
436
346
Total dwelling unitsno.
724
895
850
704
577
Value of total residential building$m
109.5
157.3
150.3
142.4
134.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
36.9
90.0
80.8
29.5
73.4
Value of total building$m
146.4
247.3
231.1
171.9
207.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 450
1 434
1 561
1 543
1 359
Other vehiclesno.
801
1 165
1 094
1 287
1 115
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 251
2 599
2 655
2 830
2 474
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
32 492
33 885
35 499
36 647
37 565
Campervansno.
168
195
204
213
225
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 949
6 291
6 626
6 831
6 949
Light rigid trucksno.
238
251
279
293
309
Heavy rigid trucksno.
668
710
743
763
779
Articulated trucksno.
114
118
128
133
124
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
24
29
32
31
28
Busesno.
134
128
151
155
154
Motorcyclesno.
1 138
1 237
1 353
1 446
1 574
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
40 925
42 841
45 013
46 511
47 708
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
484
495
509
518
526
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
89
92
95
97
97
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
610
625
645
658
668
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 906
6 034
5 125
4 267
3 474
Petrol - Unleadedno.
29 205
31 619
34 235
36 350
38 120
Dieselno.
4 453
4 796
5 254
5 481
5 675
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
359
392
399
414
439
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
92 388.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
81.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
110.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
532.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
551.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
77.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
190
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10 771
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
39 076
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 781
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0