National Regional Profile: Pilbara (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
94
51
158
184
220
Total dwelling unitsno.
151
137
229
258
306
Value of total residential building$m
27.2
26.3
43.1
67.7
91.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.2
32.1
43.4
45.1
146.4
Value of total building$m
43.3
58.4
86.4
112.9
237.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
428
383
578
744
713
Other vehiclesno.
702
662
1 001
959
1 322
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 130
1 045
1 579
1 703
2 035
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 037
15 291
16 208
16 999
17 771
Campervansno.
101
117
141
136
145
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 414
5 426
5 718
5 998
6 354
Light rigid trucksno.
142
159
162
191
241
Heavy rigid trucksno.
721
768
819
876
959
Articulated trucksno.
183
174
179
209
241
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
77
85
88
79
81
Busesno.
473
430
501
464
480
Motorcyclesno.
1 501
1 469
1 504
1 540
1 645
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 649
23 919
25 320
26 492
27 917
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
375
373
387
398
401
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
135
132
136
141
143
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
19
20
21
22
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
12
10
12
11
11
Motorcyclesno.
37
36
36
36
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
589
583
604
621
630
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 138
3 602
3 253
2 794
2 406
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 787
12 280
13 208
14 224
15 238
Dieselno.
7 347
7 657
8 452
9 053
9 878
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
377
380
407
421
395
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
15 064 585.6
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.
-
-
-
-
50
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
252 434
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0