National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) - Tweed-Heads (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120057554   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
493
504
257
226
218
Total dwelling unitsno.
599
906
372
615
536
Value of total residential building$m
73.5
107.9
74.8
135.4
161.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
52.6
42.3
86.6
165.0
18.0
Value of total building$m
126.1
150.2
161.4
300.3
179.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
857
984
1 114
1 206
1 105
Other vehiclesno.
366
554
601
674
767
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 223
1 538
1 715
1 880
1 872
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 867
21 131
22 154
22 617
23 261
Campervansno.
128
140
146
132
135
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 556
2 842
2 996
3 186
3 347
Light rigid trucksno.
86
97
107
113
129
Heavy rigid trucksno.
207
231
264
283
335
Articulated trucksno.
14
18
17
22
25
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
11
10
10
9
Busesno.
70
65
92
72
75
Motorcyclesno.
412
403
452
495
566
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 351
24 937
26 239
26 931
27 881
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
411
422
432
436
441
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
53
57
58
61
63
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
2
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
9
8
9
10
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
483
498
512
519
528
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 951
3 414
2 806
2 278
1 865
Petrol - Unleadedno.
17 602
19 555
21 211
22 306
23 479
Dieselno.
1 486
1 652
1 880
2 002
2 169
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
312
317
342
344
369
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 813.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
189.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
22.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
98.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
785.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
143
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
73
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 939
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0