National Regional Profile: Sydney (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
9 482
7 200
6 488
6 342
6 606
Total dwelling units no.
29 653
22 234
17 966
17 453
18 375

Value of private sector houses $m
2 191.7
1 853.5
1 815.2
1 859.5
2 063.3
Value of new residential building $m
5 486.3
4 658.6
4 154.6
4 307.2
4 753.6
Value of total residential building $m
6 883.4
5 899.0
5 403.8
5 548.8
6 066.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
3 960.0
4 856.8
4 554.2
5 484.7
7 108.9
Value of total building $m
10 843.3
10 755.8
9 958.0
11 033.6
13 175.2

Average value of private sector houses $'000
231.1
257.4
279.8
293.2
312.3

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
490
494
497
499
506
Campervans no.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehicles no.
59
60
60
60
60
Light rigid trucks no.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
9
9
9
8
8
Articulated trucks no.
1
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
13
14
14
16
17
Total registered motor vehicles no.
581
586
591
593
602

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
790 311
793 791
793 994
794 170
789 606
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
735 432
757 759
780 930
792 518
804 310
10 years or older no.
919 662
934 861
953 179
987 911
1 052 889

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
345.8
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
228.9
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
55.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
630.1
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
103 780.4
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
50.8
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
3 689.8
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
2 078.3
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
2 154.8
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
34.9
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
4 177
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
7 335
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
35 661
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
9 311
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0