National Regional Profile: Greater Taree (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
259
395
371
271
221
Total dwelling unitsno.
309
479
500
376
338
Value of total residential building$m
44.5
74.1
82.9
69.2
61.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.0
13.2
10.7
13.4
36.7
Value of total building$m
59.5
87.4
93.6
82.6
97.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
734
751
945
901
789
Other vehiclesno.
449
502
675
704
628
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 183
1 253
1 620
1 605
1 417
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 393
22 351
23 252
23 891
24 285
Campervansno.
141
156
161
171
185
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 565
4 769
5 010
5 198
5 328
Light rigid trucksno.
217
230
246
249
245
Heavy rigid trucksno.
617
638
666
688
726
Articulated trucksno.
93
87
87
87
78
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
17
19
19
21
Busesno.
140
142
164
164
162
Motorcyclesno.
888
949
1 033
1 094
1 188
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
28 069
29 340
30 639
31 562
32 218
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
475
489
502
511
517
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
101
104
108
111
113
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
4
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
623
642
662
676
686
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 881
5 236
4 563
3 774
3 170
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 443
20 174
21 912
23 334
24 332
Dieselno.
3 423
3 609
3 827
4 129
4 365
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
322
322
337
325
351
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
163 304.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
17.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
75.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
144.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
161.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
69.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
121
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
22 155
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
64 046
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
113
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0