National Regional Profile: Lake Macquarie (C) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110054653   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
334
286
256
246
196
Total dwelling unitsno.
391
319
395
292
302
Value of total residential building$m
70.7
71.0
89.5
78.1
83.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
25.4
12.1
18.0
28.9
23.6
Value of total building$m
96.1
83.1
107.5
107.0
107.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 483
1 563
1 689
1 744
1 788
Other vehiclesno.
681
817
945
1 023
1 022
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 164
2 380
2 634
2 767
2 810
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
36 971
37 835
38 681
39 347
40 479
Campervansno.
146
168
161
159
169
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 389
5 548
5 754
5 982
6 210
Light rigid trucksno.
360
360
376
393
405
Heavy rigid trucksno.
619
627
615
619
643
Articulated trucksno.
76
82
86
96
86
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
20
16
16
20
Busesno.
123
126
140
158
158
Motorcyclesno.
1 414
1 458
1 588
1 688
1 871
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
45 116
46 225
47 417
48 458
50 041
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
498
507
516
522
534
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
73
74
77
79
82
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
8
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
608
620
633
642
660
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 050
5 872
4 864
3 935
3 143
Petrol - Unleadedno.
34 351
36 500
38 549
40 223
42 329
Dieselno.
3 269
3 409
3 543
3 792
3 980
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
446
444
460
508
589
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
118.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
52
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0