National Regional Profile: Ballina (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10250   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
279
226
172
121
132
Total dwelling unitsno.
383
293
335
243
544
Value of total residential building$m
62.2
54.9
71.2
59.1
115.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.6
26.6
16.5
13.4
48.9
Value of total building$m
79.8
81.6
87.7
72.5
164.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
631
745
757
844
841
Other vehiclesno.
433
505
569
609
618
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 064
1 251
1 326
1 453
1 459
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
18 063
18 655
19 261
19 936
20 175
Campervansno.
115
115
127
127
136
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 368
3 494
3 498
3 600
3 771
Light rigid trucksno.
117
112
119
127
139
Heavy rigid trucksno.
364
370
370
397
415
Articulated trucksno.
39
39
35
36
34
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
11
11
15
Busesno.
102
101
108
98
115
Motorcyclesno.
713
727
741
791
873
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
22 896
23 628
24 271
25 121
25 674
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
465
475
487
500
501
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
87
89
88
90
94
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
589
601
613
631
638
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 163
3 560
3 043
2 542
2 034
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 221
17 386
18 480
19 692
20 484
Dieselno.
2 279
2 448
2 529
2 668
2 908
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
234
234
219
219
248
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
31 401.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
57.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
63.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4 160.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4 338.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
8 181.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
147
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
497
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 428
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
10
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0