National Regional Profile: Tweed Heads & Tweed Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
544
577
351
290
285
Total dwelling unitsno.
660
988
482
699
606
Value of total residential building$m
81.3
120.7
93.8
154.0
177.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
53.2
44.9
88.3
176.8
29.5
Value of total building$m
134.6
165.6
182.1
330.8
206.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
945
1 099
1 233
1 332
1 229
Other vehiclesno.
421
620
691
765
851
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 365
1 719
1 924
2 096
2 079
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 781
24 267
25 517
26 226
26 917
Campervansno.
153
167
175
158
163
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 087
3 436
3 586
3 836
4 031
Light rigid trucksno.
104
114
123
134
141
Heavy rigid trucksno.
255
280
322
341
398
Articulated trucksno.
36
36
33
37
38
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
15
11
13
10
12
Busesno.
84
76
114
92
93
Motorcyclesno.
490
480
544
605
688
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
27 003
28 868
30 427
31 440
32 479
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
404
415
425
431
434
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
55
59
60
63
65
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
2
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
9
8
9
10
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
479
494
507
516
523
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 631
4 001
3 294
2 669
2 172
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 139
22 435
24 405
25 872
27 220
Dieselno.
1 872
2 062
2 324
2 484
2 646
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
362
370
403
414
441
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 583.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
375.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
116.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
209.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
2 306.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
165
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
73
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 800
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0