National Regional Profile: Blacktown (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10553   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 868
1 345
1 104
791
769
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 501
2 009
2 011
1 364
1 248
Value of total residential building$m
352.8
304.6
305.4
231.6
223.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
136.8
124.2
412.6
308.7
247.1
Value of total building$m
489.6
428.9
718.0
540.3
470.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 821
5 856
6 350
6 248
6 046
Other vehiclesno.
2 642
3 137
3 880
4 247
3 736
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 463
8 994
10 230
10 496
9 782
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
114 993
118 321
122 345
125 482
129 842
Campervansno.
123
140
137
128
118
Light commercial vehiclesno.
14 459
14 993
15 845
16 300
16 747
Light rigid trucksno.
1 014
1 068
1 118
1 178
1 363
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 653
2 758
2 821
2 956
2 860
Articulated trucksno.
529
765
785
771
622
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
94
100
111
108
111
Busesno.
284
299
353
367
388
Motorcyclesno.
2 898
3 033
3 177
3 352
3 597
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
137 046
141 476
146 692
150 641
155 648
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
429
439
448
454
464
Campervansno.
0
1
1
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
54
56
58
59
60
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
11
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
3
3
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
11
11
12
12
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
511
524
537
545
556
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
19 893
16 067
12 940
10 166
8 232
Petrol - Unleadedno.
107 519
114 939
122 759
128 906
135 271
Dieselno.
7 780
8 537
8 895
9 427
9 687
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 855
1 933
2 099
2 141
2 458
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 699.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
133.7
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.
-
-
-
-
987
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 017
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0