National Regional Profile: Forbes (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140152900   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
24
36
25
28
14
Total dwelling units no.
26
47
29
28
22

Value of private sector houses $m
3.5
7.4
4.1
6.8
3.1
Value of new residential building $m
3.8
8.8
4.7
6.8
4.3
Value of total residential building $m
4.6
10.2
6.2
7.8
5.7
Value of total non-residential building $m
3.6
1.9
1.2
3.7
2.7
Value of total building $m
8.1
12.0
7.4
11.4
8.3

Average value of private sector houses $'000
147.2
204.4
163.1
241.5
222.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
451
454
460
456
469
Campervans no.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
208
208
216
219
229
Light rigid trucks no.
7
7
8
8
8
Heavy rigid trucks no.
34
34
34
34
33
Articulated trucks no.
9
10
10
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcycles no.
15
19
19
20
24
Total registered motor vehicles no.
728
739
754
754
780

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
1 624
1 640
1 751
1 736
1 746
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
1 808
1 872
1 835
1 904
1 901
10 years or older no.
3 680
3 683
3 737
3 684
3 883

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
67.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
28.9
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
18.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
114.0
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
410 852.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
124 373.3
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1.1
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
271.1
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
271.1
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
5 976.5
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
503 180
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
6 240
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
48 713
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
8 302
-
-

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