National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530751   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 504
958
719
545
501
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 568
1 106
819
670
681
Value of total residential building$m
232.1
176.0
138.2
121.1
117.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
40.5
35.8
43.0
38.5
39.0
Value of total building$m
272.6
211.7
181.2
159.6
156.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 882
1 959
2 237
2 157
2 201
Other vehiclesno.
890
1 082
1 414
1 452
1 296
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 773
3 041
3 651
3 609
3 496
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
36 445
39 045
41 540
43 311
45 565
Campervansno.
38
44
40
39
36
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 890
5 188
5 568
5 806
6 017
Light rigid trucksno.
345
369
389
420
472
Heavy rigid trucksno.
978
1 010
1 032
1 060
1 034
Articulated trucksno.
162
195
224
242
200
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
20
24
26
26
26
Busesno.
80
83
98
107
113
Motorcyclesno.
1 040
1 153
1 223
1 283
1 387
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
43 998
47 111
50 141
52 293
54 851
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
451
469
485
494
506
Campervansno.
0
1
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
61
62
65
66
67
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
13
14
14
15
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
545
566
586
596
609
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 504
4 556
3 684
2 959
2 495
Petrol - Unleadedno.
35 170
38 952
42 608
45 266
48 033
Dieselno.
2 782
3 023
3 219
3 404
3 553
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
542
579
631
664
769
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 186.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
130.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
29
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
60
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
671
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 017
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0