National Regional Profile: New South Wales   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA1   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
23 877
19 471
16 675
15 628
15 573
Total dwelling units no.
49 499
39 943
34 160
31 402
31 302

Value of private sector houses $m
4 753.6
4 237.7
3 911.1
3 897.5
4 121.0
Value of new residential building $m
8 850.9
7 928.9
7 192.7
7 249.7
7 506.5
Value of total residential building $m
10 783.5
9 679.7
9 002.8
8 994.6
9 289.6
Value of total non-residential building $m
5 516.0
6 456.2
6 732.2
7 944.8
9 558.7
Value of total building $m
16 299.5
16 135.9
15 735.1
16 939.4
18 848.3

Average value of private sector houses $'000
199.1
217.6
234.5
249.4
264.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
486
490
497
501
510
Campervans no.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehicles no.
83
84
86
86
88
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucks no.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
0
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
16
17
18
19
21
Total registered motor vehicles no.
608
615
625
630
643

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
1 176 893
1 191 965
1 227 559
1 241 652
1 256 534
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
1 183 547
1 220 874
1 260 345
1 284 452
1 305 814
10 years or older no.
1 713 542
1 739 512
1 769 583
1 824 366
1 929 894

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
5 068.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
2 762.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
1 211.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
9 041.5
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
62 119 244.6
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
5 715 963.8
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
19 675.7
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
48 830.4
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
51 515.7
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
726 379.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
32 145 630
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
349 214
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
5 861 972
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
655 117
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0