National Regional Profile: Cessnock (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA11720   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
231
334
349
268
268
Total dwelling unitsno.
267
394
397
343
362
Value of total residential building$m
38.7
61.8
76.2
66.2
68.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
38.7
33.3
175.8
36.1
19.9
Value of total building$m
77.4
95.1
252.1
102.3
88.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
707
738
831
814
901
Other vehiclesno.
386
464
573
568
669
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 094
1 202
1 404
1 382
1 569
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 145
21 644
22 298
22 540
23 095
Campervansno.
69
79
96
103
101
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 620
4 812
4 996
5 078
5 298
Light rigid trucksno.
216
232
242
255
253
Heavy rigid trucksno.
517
506
534
555
549
Articulated trucksno.
112
96
91
99
99
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
21
19
20
21
23
Busesno.
155
151
173
179
180
Motorcyclesno.
1 078
1 232
1 324
1 356
1 442
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
27 932
28 772
29 775
30 187
31 039
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
446
455
467
470
479
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
97
101
105
106
110
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
11
12
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
23
26
28
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
589
604
624
630
643
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 744
4 933
4 178
3 305
2 731
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 386
19 905
21 508
22 596
23 807
Dieselno.
3 457
3 577
3 701
3 869
4 040
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
345
356
388
416
460
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
30 942.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
50.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
189.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
189.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
45.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
407
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
40
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
9 201
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
14
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0