National Regional Profile: Richmond-Tweed SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
837
725
716
569
588
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 018
942
993
833
1 056
Value of total residential building$m
148.1
157.6
189.9
187.5
236.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
51.2
62.0
51.8
82.1
121.9
Value of total building$m
199.3
219.6
241.7
269.5
358.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 808
2 052
2 180
2 371
2 303
Other vehiclesno.
1 390
1 695
1 958
2 070
2 031
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 201
3 749
4 138
4 439
4 334
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
58 597
60 760
63 420
65 390
66 935
Campervansno.
379
406
425
453
473
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 756
14 215
14 698
15 146
15 763
Light rigid trucksno.
572
587
624
633
654
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 697
1 699
1 744
1 805
1 878
Articulated trucksno.
259
248
259
249
267
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
59
52
46
56
65
Busesno.
499
499
539
556
562
Motorcyclesno.
2 355
2 409
2 609
2 767
3 009
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
78 176
80 878
84 364
87 052
89 607
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
443
456
474
485
491
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
104
107
110
112
116
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
13
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
19
21
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
592
607
630
646
657
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
17 607
15 395
13 262
11 138
9 197
Petrol - Unleadedno.
49 418
53 738
58 700
62 840
66 399
Dieselno.
10 241
10 838
11 494
12 156
12 972
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
912
906
907
920
1 037
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
496 428.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 899.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
542.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
9 893.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
10 934.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
27 331.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 692
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29 022
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
259 913
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
48 041
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0