National Regional Profile: Bathurst Regional (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10470   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
228
224
321
242
188
Total dwelling unitsno.
234
232
374
320
236
Value of total residential building$m
37.5
41.9
71.0
62.0
47.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
19.7
20.2
33.8
49.2
89.3
Value of total building$m
57.2
62.1
104.9
111.2
136.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
895
996
1 101
1 144
1 066
Other vehiclesno.
561
655
793
839
763
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 456
1 651
1 894
1 983
1 830
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 994
16 479
17 207
17 448
17 864
Campervansno.
34
41
45
53
58
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 949
5 220
5 396
5 373
5 530
Light rigid trucksno.
192
221
226
209
227
Heavy rigid trucksno.
663
710
729
624
669
Articulated trucksno.
143
147
154
164
164
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
16
19
17
16
Busesno.
176
158
156
122
127
Motorcyclesno.
891
946
983
1 086
1 131
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 061
23 939
24 913
25 095
25 787
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
444
454
471
472
476
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
138
144
148
145
147
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
20
20
17
18
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
5
4
4
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
27
29
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
641
660
681
679
687
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 487
4 070
3 545
3 034
2 558
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 308
16 406
17 707
18 600
19 439
Dieselno.
3 046
3 238
3 426
3 217
3 433
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
222
224
234
244
358
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
241 478.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 776.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
949.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
193.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
209.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
443.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
463 673
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 194
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
46 958
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 197
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0