National Regional Profile: Surf Coast (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210106493   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
240
165
227
332
311
Total dwelling unitsno.
269
186
257
358
378
Value of total residential building$m
52.0
45.1
60.3
86.6
117.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.6
11.1
8.1
12.1
64.7
Value of total building$m
54.7
56.1
68.4
98.7
182.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
307
287
255
260
267
Other vehiclesno.
176
237
272
319
250
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
483
524
527
579
517
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 968
7 180
7 419
7 701
8 027
Campervansno.
33
31
35
31
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 441
1 466
1 549
1 606
1 684
Light rigid trucksno.
40
44
42
44
51
Heavy rigid trucksno.
195
202
199
189
193
Articulated trucksno.
33
32
31
34
31
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
16
17
17
Busesno.
37
36
33
31
33
Motorcyclesno.
309
308
335
353
403
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 070
9 311
9 660
10 006
10 475
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
571
576
579
585
582
Campervansno.
3
2
3
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
118
118
121
122
122
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
16
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
2
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
25
25
26
27
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
743
747
754
760
759
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 984
1 665
1 437
1 224
1 090
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 859
6 354
6 894
7 409
7 895
Dieselno.
667
750
819
880
977
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
560
542
510
493
513
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
21 224.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 218.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
52.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
861.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
48 488
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
281
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 774
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0