National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
471
352
426
416
270
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 261
945
1 496
891
1 083
Value of total residential building$m
240.4
193.8
323.3
202.5
207.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
125.4
144.1
263.1
126.8
535.4
Value of total building$m
365.8
337.9
586.4
329.3
743.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 324
4 527
4 672
4 469
4 376
Other vehiclesno.
1 842
1 999
2 169
2 320
2 579
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 165
6 525
6 841
6 789
6 955
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
68 887
70 927
73 288
73 950
76 022
Campervansno.
202
212
217
230
227
Light commercial vehiclesno.
9 313
9 859
10 294
10 394
10 674
Light rigid trucksno.
619
628
655
653
663
Heavy rigid trucksno.
947
1 080
1 111
1 039
983
Articulated trucksno.
242
249
200
205
195
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
66
95
81
72
48
Busesno.
481
515
536
509
475
Motorcyclesno.
2 447
2 593
2 686
2 907
3 189
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
83 204
86 159
89 068
89 957
92 475
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
481
490
501
501
510
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
68
70
70
72
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
3
4
4
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
18
20
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
580
595
609
609
620
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 719
10 678
8 895
7 135
5 695
Petrol - Unleadedno.
64 424
68 682
73 050
75 723
79 365
Dieselno.
5 289
5 975
6 251
6 210
6 369
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
773
823
872
889
1 047
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 400.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
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.
-
-
-
-
1 523
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0