National Regional Profile: New South Wales   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 1   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
27 605
24 922
23 876
19 470
16 181
Total dwelling unitsno.
50 586
50 155
49 498
39 942
33 156
Value of total residential building$m
9 006.9
9 923.4
10 783.3
9 679.4
8 709.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
4 395.5
5 835.5
5 516.0
6 456.0
6 579.4
Value of total building$m
13 402.5
15 758.9
16 299.3
16 135.4
15 288.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
190 721
192 132
196 942
194 365
189 287
Other vehiclesno.
89 532
98 080
111 286
114 351
107 630
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
280 253
290 212
308 228
308 716
296 917
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 092 418
3 168 828
3 255 698
3 307 026
3 363 092
Campervansno.
7 237
8 134
8 678
8 661
8 751
Light commercial vehiclesno.
516 661
533 098
552 933
568 038
580 368
Light rigid trucksno.
28 036
29 066
30 561
31 956
33 152
Heavy rigid trucksno.
75 482
76 079
78 118
79 025
79 621
Articulated trucksno.
15 989
15 555
16 148
16 728
16 730
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3 501
3 457
3 516
3 382
3 311
Busesno.
18 665
18 751
20 086
20 200
20 466
Motorcyclesno.
96 030
100 415
106 663
112 607
121 641
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 854 022
3 953 368
4 072 393
4 147 602
4 227 133
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
466
475
485
489
493
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
78
80
82
84
85
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
14
15
16
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
581
592
607
614
620
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
n.a.
489 078
409 023
336 548
278 015
Petrol - Unleadedno.
n.a.
3 068 363
3 244 859
3 373 374
3 487 559
Dieselno.
n.a.
346 110
366 783
384 777
402 996
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
n.a.
49 807
51 730
52 898
58 557
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
62 119 244.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 715 963.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
19 675.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
48 830.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
51 515.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
726 379.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
32 145 630
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
349 214
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 861 972
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
655 117
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0