National Regional Profile: Gosford (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13100   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
688
646
453
387
291
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 125
1 510
907
952
464
Value of total residential building$m
225.3
324.8
231.6
225.8
165.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
267.2
144.1
83.2
78.5
78.3
Value of total building$m
492.6
468.9
314.8
304.3
243.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 728
3 911
4 193
4 503
4 358
Other vehiclesno.
1 857
2 192
2 301
2 481
2 081
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 585
6 103
6 495
6 984
6 439
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
78 893
81 184
83 019
83 725
85 509
Campervansno.
239
280
278
292
292
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 795
11 234
11 454
11 776
12 201
Light rigid trucksno.
617
650
704
749
739
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 228
1 225
1 237
1 275
1 277
Articulated trucksno.
149
143
140
155
158
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
51
44
45
44
50
Busesno.
304
355
351
334
343
Motorcyclesno.
2 288
2 431
2 599
2 691
2 842
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
94 564
97 549
99 828
101 042
103 410
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
488
502
514
518
528
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
67
69
71
73
75
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
8
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
14
15
16
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
585
603
618
625
638
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
14 017
11 640
9 594
7 630
6 073
Petrol - Unleadedno.
74 063
79 050
83 056
85 959
89 125
Dieselno.
5 402
5 716
6 035
6 340
6 786
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 083
1 141
1 144
1 115
1 425
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 932.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
289.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
669.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
694.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
65
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
17
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 113
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0