National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
672
756
577
440
436
Total dwelling unitsno.
816
1 188
744
894
763
Value of total residential building$m
101.3
152.4
139.4
197.5
211.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
54.9
51.2
92.3
204.4
55.5
Value of total building$m
156.1
203.6
231.7
401.9
267.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 212
1 377
1 555
1 660
1 512
Other vehiclesno.
622
891
1 002
1 066
1 145
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 833
2 268
2 557
2 725
2 656
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 454
33 254
34 794
35 788
36 807
Campervansno.
223
235
239
233
242
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 419
5 842
6 053
6 379
6 739
Light rigid trucksno.
210
230
244
253
265
Heavy rigid trucksno.
574
582
646
667
755
Articulated trucksno.
78
80
82
81
82
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
20
14
17
16
19
Busesno.
180
177
218
201
198
Motorcyclesno.
820
810
901
989
1 122
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
38 976
41 224
43 193
44 607
46 226
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
412
423
433
439
444
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
71
74
75
78
81
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
7
8
8
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
11
10
11
12
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
511
525
537
548
557
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 390
6 380
5 320
4 378
3 627
Petrol - Unleadedno.
27 360
30 330
32 967
35 057
37 076
Dieselno.
3 709
3 992
4 344
4 590
4 904
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
518
523
560
582
619
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
46 929.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
568.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
486.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 161.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
8 129.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
384
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 856
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
28 802
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 200
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0