National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
632
530
293
121
109
Total dwelling unitsno.
889
845
837
246
171
Value of total residential building$m
156.4
156.1
149.4
66.0
62.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
113.4
74.2
80.5
140.3
71.4
Value of total building$m
269.7
230.3
230.0
206.4
133.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 068
4 084
4 790
4 778
4 547
Other vehiclesno.
2 166
2 393
2 753
2 768
2 473
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 235
6 477
7 544
7 547
7 021
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
80 123
82 317
84 534
85 594
86 912
Campervansno.
108
139
142
140
136
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 683
12 325
12 900
13 445
13 654
Light rigid trucksno.
823
879
927
1 022
999
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 942
2 034
2 110
2 150
2 143
Articulated trucksno.
371
369
394
429
398
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
77
68
66
89
81
Busesno.
250
271
283
303
296
Motorcyclesno.
2 829
2 960
3 071
3 205
3 312
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
98 206
101 363
104 426
106 377
107 930
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
450
463
479
485
492
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
66
69
73
76
77
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
1
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
17
18
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
552
571
591
602
611
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 559
11 252
9 265
7 592
6 188
Petrol - Unleadedno.
76 909
81 881
86 418
89 573
92 282
Dieselno.
6 323
6 695
7 166
7 661
7 880
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 416
1 535
1 578
1 550
1 580
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 544.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
358.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
74.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
74.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
94
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
364
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 014
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0