National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) - Outer West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110055904   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
140
105
130
127
83
Total dwelling unitsno.
246
207
273
235
275
Value of total residential building$m
41.2
42.4
59.5
53.4
55.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
25.0
42.5
65.4
31.2
143.5
Value of total building$m
66.2
84.8
124.9
84.7
198.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
850
874
1 043
980
816
Other vehiclesno.
411
461
552
547
606
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 260
1 335
1 595
1 528
1 422
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 714
20 337
21 012
21 725
22 176
Campervansno.
50
52
55
64
61
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 562
2 692
2 877
2 980
3 095
Light rigid trucksno.
145
154
157
173
168
Heavy rigid trucksno.
288
290
303
327
333
Articulated trucksno.
114
123
92
90
87
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
6
7
10
10
Busesno.
102
103
103
102
66
Motorcyclesno.
875
934
928
1 017
1 093
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 855
24 691
25 535
26 487
27 090
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
467
477
488
500
500
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
61
63
67
69
70
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
566
580
593
609
611
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 767
3 172
2 639
2 163
1 721
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 180
19 494
20 790
22 059
23 013
Dieselno.
1 678
1 795
1 855
1 991
2 044
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
230
230
250
273
312
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 400.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
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.
-
-
-
-
1 523
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0