National Regional Profile: Gosford (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105703101   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
283
267
188
160
120
Total dwelling unitsno.
463
624
376
395
192
Value of total residential building$m
92.7
134.2
95.9
93.6
68.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
109.9
59.5
34.5
32.5
32.3
Value of total building$m
202.6
193.7
130.4
126.1
100.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 297
1 334
1 460
1 489
1 469
Other vehiclesno.
692
817
898
933
764
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 990
2 151
2 358
2 422
2 233
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
32 993
34 113
35 025
35 291
35 831
Campervansno.
98
115
116
126
130
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 343
4 495
4 657
4 817
4 990
Light rigid trucksno.
208
225
244
262
248
Heavy rigid trucksno.
340
350
351
354
351
Articulated trucksno.
32
31
33
33
34
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
9
7
8
Busesno.
86
100
101
97
107
Motorcyclesno.
882
942
1 005
1 049
1 099
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
38 994
40 384
41 541
42 036
42 797
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
494
509
523
529
536
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
67
70
72
75
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
2
1
2
Motorcyclesno.
13
14
15
16
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
584
603
621
630
640
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 476
4 534
3 656
2 906
2 291
Petrol - Unleadedno.
31 185
33 356
35 260
36 381
37 431
Dieselno.
1 929
2 059
2 196
2 320
2 515
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
405
434
429
430
559
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
271.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
12.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
13.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
13.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
122
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0