National Regional Profile: Clarence Valley (A) - Grafton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125051737   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
66
74
105
108
78
Total dwelling unitsno.
67
81
124
136
78
Value of total residential building$m
9.1
13.3
22.3
25.3
18.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.4
10.8
6.4
21.4
25.6
Value of total building$m
19.5
24.1
28.8
46.7
44.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
326
313
328
377
405
Other vehiclesno.
195
211
256
291
306
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
521
524
584
667
710
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 875
10 124
10 596
10 752
11 033
Campervansno.
44
59
69
63
68
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 565
2 622
2 772
2 859
2 934
Light rigid trucksno.
107
114
118
116
113
Heavy rigid trucksno.
388
394
410
413
434
Articulated trucksno.
87
84
94
101
94
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
15
14
13
14
Busesno.
52
55
69
77
79
Motorcyclesno.
503
503
512
517
539
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 637
13 969
14 654
14 912
15 307
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
422
434
453
458
464
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
110
112
119
122
123
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
18
18
18
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
22
22
22
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
583
598
627
636
644
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 464
3 061
2 653
2 249
1 877
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 832
8 445
9 298
9 817
10 462
Dieselno.
2 197
2 312
2 541
2 657
2 777
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
145
151
163
190
191
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
46 364.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
79.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
15.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
13.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
23.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
231.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
563
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 641
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
22 989
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0