National Regional Profile: North Eastern (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
80
87
104
114
85
Total dwelling unitsno.
80
88
119
130
92
Value of total residential building$m
9.0
11.4
15.8
21.9
16.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.2
5.1
3.2
8.2
6.7
Value of total building$m
11.2
16.5
19.1
30.1
23.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
99
102
121
120
153
Other vehiclesno.
182
232
229
264
213
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
281
332
350
385
365
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 877
6 920
7 125
7 329
7 503
Campervansno.
124
132
144
157
175
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 980
3 172
3 352
3 505
3 609
Light rigid trucksno.
90
92
94
96
99
Heavy rigid trucksno.
335
338
360
344
350
Articulated trucksno.
108
91
98
116
102
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
13
10
15
19
Busesno.
106
110
97
104
106
Motorcyclesno.
383
358
379
418
446
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 018
11 225
11 660
12 083
12 411
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
489
490
505
510
523
Campervansno.
9
9
10
11
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
212
225
238
244
251
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
26
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
8
6
7
8
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
8
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
27
25
27
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
784
796
827
840
865
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 631
3 262
2 945
2 578
2 304
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 376
5 814
6 271
6 845
7 283
Dieselno.
1 908
2 046
2 328
2 524
2 694
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
103
105
116
135
130
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
253 331.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
992.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 358.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
13.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
16.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
952.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
286 981
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
31 603
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
99 799
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 076
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0