National Regional Profile: Gosford (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105703104   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
405
379
265
227
171
Total dwelling unitsno.
662
886
531
557
272
Value of total residential building$m
132.6
190.6
135.7
132.2
97.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
157.3
84.6
48.8
46.0
45.9
Value of total building$m
290.0
275.2
184.4
178.2
143.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 431
2 577
2 733
3 014
2 889
Other vehiclesno.
1 165
1 375
1 403
1 548
1 317
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 595
3 952
4 137
4 562
4 206
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
45 900
47 071
47 994
48 434
49 678
Campervansno.
141
165
162
166
162
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 452
6 739
6 797
6 959
7 211
Light rigid trucksno.
409
425
460
487
491
Heavy rigid trucksno.
888
875
886
921
926
Articulated trucksno.
117
112
107
122
124
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
40
33
36
37
42
Busesno.
218
255
250
237
236
Motorcyclesno.
1 406
1 489
1 594
1 642
1 743
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
55 570
57 165
58 287
59 006
60 613
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
484
497
507
510
522
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
68
71
72
73
76
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
3
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
15
16
17
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
586
603
616
622
637
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 541
7 106
5 938
4 724
3 782
Petrol - Unleadedno.
42 878
45 694
47 796
49 578
51 694
Dieselno.
3 473
3 657
3 839
4 020
4 271
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
678
707
715
685
866
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 661.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
276.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
656.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
681.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
65
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
17
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 991
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0