National Regional Profile: Blue Mountains (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
217
237
206
135
111
Total dwelling unitsno.
245
237
230
166
111
Value of total residential building$m
64.4
69.5
71.0
60.3
49.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
11.2
9.1
20.5
27.8
17.8
Value of total building$m
75.6
78.6
91.5
88.1
67.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 507
1 437
1 549
1 586
1 564
Other vehiclesno.
724
801
902
918
809
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 231
2 238
2 451
2 504
2 373
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
36 823
37 375
38 169
38 827
39 451
Campervansno.
93
109
119
124
127
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 911
5 061
5 215
5 421
5 465
Light rigid trucksno.
241
249
265
280
265
Heavy rigid trucksno.
444
430
438
442
421
Articulated trucksno.
51
46
52
60
54
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
18
18
17
15
Busesno.
224
227
252
249
254
Motorcyclesno.
1 652
1 694
1 750
1 775
1 815
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
44 455
45 209
46 278
47 195
47 867
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
476
482
496
508
519
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63
65
68
71
72
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
23
23
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
574
583
601
617
629
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 099
6 776
5 750
4 858
4 035
Petrol - Unleadedno.
33 363
35 323
37 259
38 943
40 296
Dieselno.
2 414
2 534
2 682
2 796
2 897
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
579
576
587
598
639
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 754.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
41.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
43.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
742
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
366
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0