National Regional Profile: Port Macquarie (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12503   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
257
287
206
193
141
Total dwelling unitsno.
406
608
485
411
354
Value of total residential building$m
64.2
108.1
81.2
83.8
82.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
31.1
80.9
65.4
20.2
59.0
Value of total building$m
95.2
189.1
146.6
104.0
141.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 141
1 101
1 205
1 154
997
Other vehiclesno.
572
858
776
921
833
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 713
1 959
1 981
2 075
1 830
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 269
19 997
20 837
21 417
22 047
Campervansno.
96
111
110
117
120
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 811
3 018
3 199
3 256
3 318
Light rigid trucksno.
113
122
137
143
148
Heavy rigid trucksno.
321
347
346
371
380
Articulated trucksno.
42
49
63
66
58
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
16
20
20
19
Busesno.
84
78
90
94
91
Motorcyclesno.
637
696
720
752
836
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 385
24 433
25 521
26 237
27 018
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
493
501
513
521
533
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
72
76
79
79
80
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
2
2
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
18
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
599
612
629
639
653
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 541
3 043
2 556
2 105
1 720
Petrol - Unleadedno.
17 701
19 036
20 425
21 491
22 565
Dieselno.
1 944
2 141
2 315
2 410
2 483
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
198
213
225
231
251
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 597.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 772
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0