National Regional Profile: Rockdale (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16650   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
114
80
103
117
77
Total dwelling unitsno.
632
1 032
394
629
443
Value of total residential building$m
97.8
203.3
72.7
140.7
131.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
32.7
17.4
49.3
33.9
16.3
Value of total building$m
130.5
220.8
122.0
174.6
147.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 116
2 035
2 205
2 310
2 225
Other vehiclesno.
789
1 037
1 115
1 162
964
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 906
3 072
3 321
3 472
3 190
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
39 881
40 597
41 889
42 287
43 647
Campervansno.
50
56
43
42
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 953
4 028
4 216
4 231
4 396
Light rigid trucksno.
310
336
328
345
351
Heavy rigid trucksno.
541
541
566
546
544
Articulated trucksno.
56
63
59
61
76
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
29
29
33
37
Busesno.
142
163
159
166
157
Motorcyclesno.
847
878
929
900
941
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
45 807
46 691
48 217
48 609
50 185
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
429
431
441
442
452
Campervansno.
1
1
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
43
43
44
44
45
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
9
9
10
9
10
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
493
496
508
508
519
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 579
5 356
4 404
3 557
2 920
Petrol - Unleadedno.
36 669
38 669
41 017
42 264
44 277
Dieselno.
1 774
1 871
1 925
1 977
2 114
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
786
796
871
812
874
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
18.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
21.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0