National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120107558   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
128
179
226
150
151
Total dwelling unitsno.
156
200
262
195
157
Value of total residential building$m
19.9
31.6
45.6
43.5
34.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.6
6.3
4.1
27.6
26.0
Value of total building$m
21.6
38.0
49.7
71.1
60.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
267
278
322
328
283
Other vehiclesno.
201
271
311
301
294
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
468
549
633
629
577
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 673
8 987
9 277
9 562
9 890
Campervansno.
70
68
64
75
79
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 332
2 406
2 467
2 543
2 708
Light rigid trucksno.
106
116
121
119
124
Heavy rigid trucksno.
319
302
324
326
357
Articulated trucksno.
42
44
49
44
44
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
3
4
6
7
Busesno.
96
101
104
109
105
Motorcyclesno.
330
330
357
384
434
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 973
12 356
12 766
13 167
13 747
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
435
446
455
465
473
Campervansno.
4
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
117
119
121
124
130
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
15
16
16
17
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
17
16
18
19
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
600
613
626
640
658
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 759
2 379
2 026
1 709
1 455
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 221
7 895
8 562
9 185
9 856
Dieselno.
1 837
1 930
2 020
2 106
2 258
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
156
153
157
168
178
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
38 345.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
193.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
369.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
952.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 823.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
219
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 783
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
25 002
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 197
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0