National Regional Profile: Maitland (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15050   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
565
737
740
596
410
Total dwelling unitsno.
586
863
865
755
601
Value of total residential building$m
86.4
128.8
145.6
132.9
106.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
27.8
24.2
56.4
48.1
84.0
Value of total building$m
114.2
153.0
201.9
181.0
190.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 119
1 269
1 429
1 521
1 530
Other vehiclesno.
711
833
1 072
1 140
1 255
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 830
2 101
2 501
2 661
2 785
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
27 612
29 159
30 572
31 472
32 790
Campervansno.
84
97
107
114
116
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 399
5 649
5 995
6 312
6 607
Light rigid trucksno.
309
326
339
348
373
Heavy rigid trucksno.
743
782
837
898
953
Articulated trucksno.
230
240
226
222
251
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
14
7
11
13
Busesno.
184
177
192
190
111
Motorcyclesno.
1 173
1 255
1 355
1 465
1 605
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
35 744
37 700
39 629
41 031
42 819
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
475
488
500
500
506
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
93
95
98
100
102
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
14
14
15
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
2
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
615
631
648
652
661
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 810
5 066
4 333
3 470
2 871
Petrol - Unleadedno.
25 608
27 964
30 324
32 273
34 253
Dieselno.
3 892
4 207
4 486
4 771
5 093
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
434
463
486
516
603
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
35 416.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
177.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
210.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
22.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
23.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
39.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
322
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
486
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 462
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
35
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0