National Regional Profile: Cowra (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA12350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
67
67
81
67
50
Total dwelling unitsno.
68
72
90
69
50
Value of total residential building$m
11.9
12.1
15.4
13.5
11.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.7
5.3
4.1
5.2
0.6
Value of total building$m
14.7
17.4
19.5
18.8
11.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
214
235
267
255
224
Other vehiclesno.
190
218
276
232
235
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
403
453
544
487
459
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 662
5 906
6 027
6 019
6 031
Campervansno.
15
16
17
22
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 307
2 396
2 468
2 545
2 599
Light rigid trucksno.
74
77
82
84
94
Heavy rigid trucksno.
416
413
437
432
442
Articulated trucksno.
87
75
81
80
91
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
9
8
11
10
Busesno.
39
39
31
39
42
Motorcyclesno.
249
263
287
295
302
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 858
9 195
9 439
9 529
9 639
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
434
454
465
464
463
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
177
184
190
196
200
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
32
32
34
33
34
Articulated trucksno.
7
6
6
6
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
22
23
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
679
707
727
734
740
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 957
1 756
1 500
1 274
1 071
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 214
5 721
6 108
6 316
6 545
Dieselno.
1 572
1 612
1 720
1 819
1 902
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
115
106
112
121
120
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
219 891.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
38 740.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
587.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
90.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
90.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 467.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
474 050
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 850
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
44 336
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
10 196
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0