National Regional Profile: Port Stephens (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110056400   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
429
537
414
324
249
Total dwelling unitsno.
666
871
696
610
507
Value of total residential building$m
111.0
147.7
145.6
138.1
116.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
58.7
65.9
28.2
22.7
60.3
Value of total building$m
169.7
213.6
173.8
160.8
176.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
867
970
1 091
1 162
1 079
Other vehiclesno.
531
663
845
847
848
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 397
1 633
1 935
2 009
1 926
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
29 369
30 542
31 821
32 621
33 354
Campervansno.
147
181
197
194
198
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 275
5 535
5 790
5 945
6 041
Light rigid trucksno.
276
276
301
301
315
Heavy rigid trucksno.
537
537
540
556
608
Articulated trucksno.
176
171
187
187
171
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
17
19
15
22
Busesno.
171
178
212
221
219
Motorcyclesno.
1 142
1 224
1 313
1 331
1 444
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
37 110
38 661
40 380
41 370
42 372
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
489
499
512
517
526
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
88
90
93
94
95
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
21
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
618
632
649
656
668
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 217
5 246
4 359
3 571
2 876
Petrol - Unleadedno.
26 475
28 718
30 962
32 441
33 760
Dieselno.
3 905
4 148
4 479
4 739
4 974
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
513
548
580
619
761
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
19 932.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
20.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
36.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
36.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
191
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 262
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 401
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0