National Regional Profile: Newcastle (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 11005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 542
2 690
2 583
2 230
1 696
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 770
3 887
4 461
3 342
3 322
Value of total residential building$m
655.8
713.0
919.1
738.7
710.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
315.0
298.5
569.4
307.3
759.8
Value of total building$m
970.8
1 011.5
1 488.5
1 045.9
1 470.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
10 396
11 129
12 007
11 952
11 775
Other vehiclesno.
5 133
5 909
6 873
7 200
7 608
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
15 529
17 035
18 880
19 152
19 381
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
239 659
247 371
255 287
259 488
266 694
Campervansno.
914
1 041
1 098
1 125
1 153
Light commercial vehiclesno.
37 809
39 432
41 197
42 259
43 706
Light rigid trucksno.
2 240
2 288
2 390
2 433
2 513
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 076
4 259
4 381
4 402
4 502
Articulated trucksno.
976
962
904
915
915
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
162
191
167
161
150
Busesno.
1 397
1 424
1 574
1 577
1 485
Motorcyclesno.
9 095
9 670
10 298
10 906
11 933
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
296 327
306 641
317 296
323 262
333 049
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
481
492
503
506
515
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
76
78
81
82
84
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
20
21
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
595
609
625
630
644
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
48 933
41 491
34 557
27 765
22 350
Petrol - Unleadedno.
219 392
235 259
251 305
262 714
275 748
Dieselno.
24 673
26 434
27 794
28 943
30 381
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 330
3 453
3 641
3 838
4 569
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
92 455.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
229.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
239.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
254.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
255.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
84.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
920
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 116
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
35 362
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
49
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0