National Regional Profile: Gunnedah (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
13
17
22
33
34
Total dwelling unitsno.
13
19
22
33
49
Value of total residential building$m
2.7
4.4
4.1
6.6
12.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
0.1
2.2
3.0
6.2
Value of total building$m
4.7
4.5
6.2
9.6
18.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
179
173
208
226
212
Other vehiclesno.
190
182
217
267
278
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
369
355
425
494
490
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 103
5 159
5 223
5 309
5 365
Campervansno.
26
27
30
29
30
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 130
2 151
2 208
2 234
2 299
Light rigid trucksno.
57
63
76
83
92
Heavy rigid trucksno.
363
333
335
341
345
Articulated trucksno.
100
92
94
97
108
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
4
4
5
6
Busesno.
48
46
49
51
52
Motorcyclesno.
197
197
191
216
263
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 033
8 073
8 210
8 363
8 559
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
415
425
435
445
448
Campervansno.
2
2
3
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
173
177
184
187
192
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
27
28
29
29
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
8
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
16
18
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
654
665
684
701
715
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 704
1 491
1 309
1 127
946
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 526
4 763
4 980
5 244
5 510
Dieselno.
1 744
1 768
1 868
1 929
2 025
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
59
51
54
63
78
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
434 083.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
123 323.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
55.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
56.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
24 622.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
67 195
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
85 293
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 940
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0