National Regional Profile: Lake Macquarie (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110054651   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
278
240
215
205
163
Total dwelling unitsno.
326
267
330
243
251
Value of total residential building$m
58.9
59.5
74.9
65.0
69.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.2
10.2
15.1
24.0
19.6
Value of total building$m
80.1
69.6
90.0
89.0
89.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 014
1 009
1 187
1 194
1 155
Other vehiclesno.
494
575
608
653
646
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 509
1 583
1 796
1 847
1 801
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
30 430
31 123
31 775
32 179
32 995
Campervansno.
138
152
162
154
147
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 936
4 044
4 175
4 253
4 413
Light rigid trucksno.
227
220
220
231
237
Heavy rigid trucksno.
316
310
292
285
300
Articulated trucksno.
42
39
30
34
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
15
12
10
11
12
Busesno.
92
92
121
115
120
Motorcyclesno.
902
945
1 019
1 072
1 209
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 098
36 936
37 804
38 332
39 469
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
490
500
511
516
527
Campervansno.
2
2
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63
65
67
68
70
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
16
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
581
593
608
614
630
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 671
4 770
3 875
3 060
2 407
Petrol - Unleadedno.
27 774
29 412
31 121
32 319
33 894
Dieselno.
2 330
2 420
2 453
2 558
2 688
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
323
333
356
395
479
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3.5
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