National Regional Profile: Hunter SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 11010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
681
688
804
616
484
Total dwelling unitsno.
830
920
1 084
957
693
Value of total residential building$m
128.4
156.9
206.7
200.9
158.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
44.0
59.9
47.9
84.5
40.4
Value of total building$m
172.5
216.8
254.6
285.3
198.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 906
1 997
2 188
2 179
2 162
Other vehiclesno.
1 783
1 873
2 131
2 380
2 335
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 688
3 871
4 317
4 558
4 498
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
44 256
45 988
47 577
48 820
50 459
Campervansno.
180
198
225
226
237
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 727
13 396
13 982
14 411
15 065
Light rigid trucksno.
543
577
624
626
635
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 061
2 110
2 194
2 178
2 272
Articulated trucksno.
417
401
419
411
411
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
59
53
59
56
63
Busesno.
332
331
395
400
413
Motorcyclesno.
2 143
2 264
2 458
2 561
2 842
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
62 722
65 318
67 933
69 693
72 392
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
458
472
486
494
505
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
132
138
143
146
151
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
22
22
22
23
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
22
23
25
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
650
671
694
705
724
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 401
9 108
7 789
6 634
5 581
Petrol - Unleadedno.
40 597
43 675
46 765
49 182
52 046
Dieselno.
11 068
11 826
12 638
13 136
13 932
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
657
710
742
744
834
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 273 087.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
10 735.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
137.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
784.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
785.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
899.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
261 479
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
45 944
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
412 009
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 426
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0