National Regional Profile: Wagga Wagga (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
254
269
433
484
170
Total dwelling unitsno.
262
381
508
603
294
Value of total residential building$m
44.0
63.7
99.7
138.0
74.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
27.5
29.2
34.7
48.5
37.4
Value of total building$m
71.4
93.0
134.4
186.4
111.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 902
1 737
1 683
1 866
1 531
Other vehiclesno.
889
989
1 147
1 296
1 222
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 791
2 726
2 830
3 162
2 753
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 252
26 767
27 619
28 180
28 693
Campervansno.
43
54
65
65
64
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 661
6 890
7 150
7 499
7 755
Light rigid trucksno.
201
210
218
259
275
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 055
1 033
1 035
1 010
1 049
Articulated trucksno.
633
615
657
684
643
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
42
43
44
49
44
Busesno.
180
182
202
209
228
Motorcyclesno.
1 145
1 147
1 193
1 267
1 357
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 209
36 940
38 185
39 219
40 107
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
458
465
475
479
479
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
116
120
123
127
129
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
18
18
17
18
Articulated trucksno.
11
11
11
12
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
21
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
632
641
657
666
669
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 010
6 128
5 378
4 590
3 807
Petrol - Unleadedno.
23 618
25 071
26 742
28 215
29 452
Dieselno.
4 702
4 877
5 242
5 605
5 998
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
879
864
822
808
851
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
454 981.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
79 931.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
76.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
76.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
8 796.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
674 422
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 543
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
123 829
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 031
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0