National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) - Tweed Coast (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120057556   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
51
73
94
64
67
Total dwelling unitsno.
61
81
109
84
69
Value of total residential building$m
7.9
12.8
19.0
18.7
15.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.6
2.6
1.7
11.9
11.5
Value of total building$m
8.5
15.4
20.7
30.5
26.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
88
115
119
126
124
Other vehiclesno.
55
66
90
91
84
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
142
181
209
216
207
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 914
3 136
3 363
3 609
3 656
Campervansno.
25
27
29
26
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
531
594
590
650
684
Light rigid trucksno.
18
17
16
21
12
Heavy rigid trucksno.
48
49
58
58
63
Articulated trucksno.
22
18
16
15
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
3
0
3
Busesno.
14
11
22
20
18
Motorcyclesno.
78
77
92
110
122
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 652
3 931
4 188
4 509
4 598
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
361
374
386
400
393
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
66
71
68
72
74
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
6
7
Articulated trucksno.
3
2
2
2
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
1
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
10
9
11
12
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
452
469
481
500
494
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
680
587
488
391
307
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 537
2 880
3 194
3 566
3 741
Dieselno.
386
410
444
482
477
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
50
53
61
70
72
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 770.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
185.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
94.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
110.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 521.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
22
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 861
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0