National Regional Profile: Wollongong (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA18450   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
774
558
479
480
438
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 457
1 153
1 228
871
1 244
Value of total residential building$m
224.8
224.0
251.1
207.5
277.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
91.5
79.2
60.4
101.0
163.7
Value of total building$m
316.3
303.2
311.5
308.5
441.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 012
4 269
4 748
4 402
4 590
Other vehiclesno.
1 811
2 081
2 347
2 544
2 278
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 822
6 350
7 097
6 946
6 868
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
85 675
87 667
89 671
90 933
92 421
Campervansno.
200
213
207
208
219
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 683
12 098
12 532
12 994
13 339
Light rigid trucksno.
850
834
842
878
910
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 361
1 324
1 363
1 434
1 490
Articulated trucksno.
365
354
330
329
341
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
61
62
67
68
70
Busesno.
350
346
367
366
388
Motorcyclesno.
3 001
3 059
3 195
3 345
3 722
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
103 545
105 956
108 574
110 552
112 898
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
447
456
465
470
475
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
61
63
65
67
69
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
8
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
541
551
563
571
580
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 484
12 982
10 585
8 675
6 955
Petrol - Unleadedno.
80 628
85 280
90 041
93 512
97 055
Dieselno.
6 237
6 410
6 649
6 996
7 404
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 195
1 284
1 299
1 369
1 484
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 727.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
50.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
50.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
349
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 728
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0