National Regional Profile: Northern Slopes (excl. Tamworth) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
53
63
94
157
137
Total dwelling unitsno.
53
68
100
162
154
Value of total residential building$m
8.8
14.0
19.3
29.4
33.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.3
4.9
13.3
10.8
22.2
Value of total building$m
14.2
18.9
32.6
40.2
55.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
571
568
632
661
600
Other vehiclesno.
710
657
806
904
871
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 283
1 226
1 439
1 566
1 470
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
18 058
18 072
18 425
18 759
18 899
Campervansno.
63
66
77
86
99
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 833
7 972
8 220
8 396
8 650
Light rigid trucksno.
218
236
262
286
291
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 569
1 533
1 549
1 550
1 578
Articulated trucksno.
333
305
318
361
370
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
28
29
27
29
29
Busesno.
180
178
178
181
185
Motorcyclesno.
656
680
709
786
882
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
28 941
29 069
29 765
30 430
30 982
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
429
433
444
453
454
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
186
191
198
203
208
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
37
37
37
37
38
Articulated trucksno.
8
7
8
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
19
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
687
696
718
735
744
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 355
5 569
4 882
4 186
3 556
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 427
16 137
17 156
18 096
18 894
Dieselno.
6 962
7 173
7 539
7 942
8 277
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
196
188
190
204
255
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 945 741.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
412 936.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
87.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
494.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
504.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
52 289.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 242 626
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 702
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
745 319
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
24 822
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0