National Regional Profile: Northern Tablelands (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13015   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
181
156
234
237
208
Total dwelling unitsno.
194
171
277
275
383
Value of total residential building$m
30.5
30.9
51.0
56.2
66.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.6
13.4
17.4
22.2
54.7
Value of total building$m
47.0
44.3
68.4
78.4
121.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 052
1 025
1 092
1 114
999
Other vehiclesno.
998
975
1 169
1 322
1 183
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 048
1 999
2 263
2 437
2 184
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 976
27 162
28 153
28 711
29 140
Campervansno.
62
74
87
94
99
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 287
10 407
10 795
11 109
11 404
Light rigid trucksno.
294
304
315
339
348
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 552
1 565
1 598
1 666
1 729
Articulated trucksno.
178
176
185
200
213
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
36
37
35
34
33
Busesno.
298
296
308
328
324
Motorcyclesno.
1 106
1 119
1 173
1 300
1 489
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
40 785
41 132
42 648
43 783
44 782
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
412
417
434
442
445
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
160
167
171
174
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
25
26
26
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
18
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
623
632
658
674
684
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 176
8 123
7 272
6 367
5 512
Petrol - Unleadedno.
23 233
24 398
26 232
27 729
28 997
Dieselno.
8 112
8 351
8 857
9 377
9 894
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
265
261
289
311
375
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 185 167.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
21 112.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
257.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
258.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
264.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 767.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 929 842
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 333
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
730 423
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16 821
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0