National Regional Profile: South West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 325   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
46
58
52
61
71
Total dwelling units no.
53
63
58
74
77

Value of private sector houses $m
6.5
9.1
11.2
11.9
14.3
Value of new residential building $m
7.3
10.2
12.2
14.7
16.5
Value of total residential building $m
9.4
13.2
14.9
17.9
19.1
Value of total non-residential building $m
4.8
21.3
10.2
8.1
25.4
Value of total building $m
14.2
34.5
25.1
26.0
44.5

Average value of private sector houses $'000
140.7
157.2
216.2
195.2
201.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
366
375
385
396
394
Campervans no.
1
1
2
1
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
283
288
299
307
316
Light rigid trucks no.
6
6
7
8
8
Heavy rigid trucks no.
50
51
52
54
56
Articulated trucks no.
17
17
18
18
20
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
2
Buses no.
4
4
4
5
5
Motorcycles no.
15
16
19
21
23
Total registered motor vehicles no.
744
761
787
812
826

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
4 959
5 170
5 733
6 032
6 125
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
5 303
5 301
5 292
5 338
5 235
10 years or older no.
9 420
9 615
9 683
9 852
10 149

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
177.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
455.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
37.3
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
669.7
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
29 745 396.4
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
254 504.9
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
238.8
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
411.1
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
412.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
29 040.4
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
1 561 144
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
133
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
1 106 186
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
23 355
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0