National Regional Profile: Richmond-Tweed (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 467
1 403
1 206
988
951
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 782
2 039
1 618
1 807
1 778
Value of total residential building$m
244.2
297.2
308.9
381.9
437.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
116.5
112.6
172.5
290.0
189.6
Value of total building$m
360.7
409.8
481.4
671.9
627.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 417
3 899
4 167
4 580
4 375
Other vehiclesno.
2 144
2 740
3 121
3 408
3 425
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 563
6 641
7 287
7 985
7 799
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
95 759
100 015
104 476
107 407
110 106
Campervansno.
596
641
675
678
703
Light commercial vehiclesno.
20 203
21 101
21 866
22 661
23 659
Light rigid trucksno.
836
867
913
950
965
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 374
2 403
2 503
2 608
2 712
Articulated trucksno.
424
420
425
426
426
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
98
81
77
84
94
Busesno.
736
731
824
831
794
Motorcyclesno.
3 437
3 486
3 792
4 046
4 457
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
124 463
129 749
135 550
139 688
143 915
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
437
450
465
474
479
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
92
95
97
100
103
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
11
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
4
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
18
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
567
584
603
616
626
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
26 771
23 445
19 955
16 639
13 762
Petrol - Unleadedno.
81 633
89 274
97 412
103 851
109 728
Dieselno.
14 588
15 532
16 638
17 645
18 684
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 474
1 497
1 543
1 554
1 738
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
518 951.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 957.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
929.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
11 250.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
12 402.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
30 027.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 901
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29 710
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
270 822
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
49 982
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0