National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530752   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
180
142
164
118
146
Total dwelling unitsno.
565
379
665
358
301
Value of total residential building$m
71.0
57.5
97.7
61.5
64.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
59.3
45.1
319.4
118.8
134.8
Value of total building$m
130.3
102.6
417.1
180.3
199.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 616
2 655
2 724
2 712
2 514
Other vehiclesno.
1 206
1 437
1 725
1 936
1 713
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 822
4 092
4 449
4 649
4 228
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
43 492
43 732
44 493
44 818
45 610
Campervansno.
60
70
67
61
56
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 042
6 192
6 608
6 712
6 850
Light rigid trucksno.
426
463
483
491
617
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 129
1 174
1 184
1 272
1 303
Articulated trucksno.
259
425
432
387
272
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
48
54
61
60
56
Busesno.
93
95
131
129
140
Motorcyclesno.
1 034
1 062
1 104
1 156
1 266
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 584
53 267
54 562
55 088
56 169
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
466
472
480
482
488
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
67
71
72
73
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
13
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
3
5
5
4
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
11
11
12
12
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
563
575
589
592
601
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 252
5 787
4 685
3 662
2 975
Petrol - Unleadedno.
41 404
43 168
45 325
46 693
48 209
Dieselno.
3 246
3 611
3 736
3 935
4 084
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
682
701
817
797
902
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
441.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.1
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.
-
-
-
-
300
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0