National Regional Profile: Northern Beaches (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10565   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
375
353
415
331
261
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 697
1 240
1 593
1 043
664
Value of total residential building$m
422.4
370.4
519.1
405.0
348.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
108.0
97.2
114.3
170.7
141.5
Value of total building$m
530.4
467.5
633.3
575.7
490.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 639
6 479
6 460
6 525
7 017
Other vehiclesno.
3 468
3 692
3 978
4 112
3 941
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
10 107
10 170
10 439
10 638
10 959
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
118 635
120 417
122 595
124 244
126 541
Campervansno.
307
309
287
254
258
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 642
13 960
14 168
14 483
14 916
Light rigid trucksno.
766
785
814
827
872
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 128
1 148
1 171
1 204
1 245
Articulated trucksno.
54
57
61
88
87
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
57
55
59
55
48
Busesno.
419
399
424
414
431
Motorcyclesno.
3 157
3 328
3 591
3 884
4 394
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
138 167
140 458
143 168
145 455
148 793
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
512
519
528
532
538
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
59
60
61
62
63
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
14
14
15
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
596
606
616
623
633
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 326
12 725
10 586
8 698
7 195
Petrol - Unleadedno.
116 520
121 040
125 559
129 292
133 270
Dieselno.
5 330
5 637
5 954
6 371
7 069
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
991
1 056
1 069
1 092
1 258
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
77.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
7.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
31
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0