National Regional Profile: Lower Northern Sydney (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10555   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
184
289
382
375
282
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 359
1 997
1 511
1 269
1 067
Value of total residential building$m
375.8
531.0
514.0
469.6
533.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
278.3
357.4
305.3
605.2
538.2
Value of total building$m
654.1
888.3
819.3
1 074.9
1 071.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
15 972
15 814
14 972
15 144
14 230
Other vehiclesno.
5 139
5 625
6 175
5 982
5 609
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
21 112
21 439
21 145
21 126
19 837
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
166 664
170 012
171 061
170 220
167 268
Campervansno.
137
138
147
127
121
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 471
13 854
14 432
14 353
13 289
Light rigid trucksno.
745
815
801
833
783
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 589
1 410
1 432
1 411
1 315
Articulated trucksno.
91
99
86
78
76
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
100
103
78
74
88
Busesno.
366
367
406
405
368
Motorcyclesno.
2 895
2 960
3 142
3 295
3 682
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
186 065
189 755
191 581
190 797
186 988
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
564
571
570
563
549
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
46
47
48
47
44
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
4
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
10
10
10
11
12
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
630
637
638
631
613
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 113
12 403
10 226
8 405
7 017
Petrol - Unleadedno.
163 961
169 819
173 101
173 791
171 590
Dieselno.
5 714
5 935
6 367
6 639
6 544
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 276
1 598
1 885
1 963
1 836
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0