National Regional Profile: Lake Macquarie (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14650   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
846
730
654
626
499
Total dwelling unitsno.
990
814
1 007
743
769
Value of total residential building$m
179.3
181.0
228.3
199.0
213.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
64.4
31.0
46.0
73.5
60.1
Value of total building$m
243.6
211.9
274.3
272.5
273.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 379
3 625
3 984
3 986
3 889
Other vehiclesno.
1 663
1 950
2 214
2 325
2 257
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 043
5 574
6 199
6 311
6 146
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
92 646
95 099
97 308
98 905
101 433
Campervansno.
412
472
481
484
511
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 202
13 577
14 122
14 530
15 086
Light rigid trucksno.
820
826
853
876
909
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 332
1 354
1 359
1 354
1 409
Articulated trucksno.
216
206
200
202
199
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
48
46
40
42
44
Busesno.
406
403
461
478
500
Motorcyclesno.
3 255
3 366
3 620
3 847
4 253
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
112 337
115 349
118 444
120 717
124 344
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
490
501
511
517
528
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
70
71
74
76
79
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
595
607
622
632
648
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 443
15 568
12 792
10 284
8 177
Petrol - Unleadedno.
84 499
89 990
95 461
99 681
104 563
Dieselno.
8 130
8 527
8 877
9 354
9 905
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 265
1 263
1 315
1 398
1 698
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 763.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
328
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
776
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0