National Regional Profile: Roebourne (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540107560   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
55
31
78
111
95
Total dwelling unitsno.
92
98
139
132
99
Value of total residential building$m
16.9
19.0
28.3
36.0
28.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.2
12.0
22.0
11.5
13.7
Value of total building$m
21.1
31.0
50.4
47.6
42.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
238
164
307
441
426
Other vehiclesno.
311
283
493
396
596
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
549
447
800
837
1 022
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 365
6 599
7 010
7 218
7 620
Campervansno.
47
56
63
64
71
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 319
2 279
2 366
2 430
2 602
Light rigid trucksno.
63
65
70
81
99
Heavy rigid trucksno.
270
289
309
339
357
Articulated trucksno.
64
61
60
63
83
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
23
23
22
26
Busesno.
203
197
213
185
202
Motorcyclesno.
597
604
628
621
664
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 953
10 173
10 742
11 023
11 724
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
412
413
429
428
431
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
150
143
145
144
147
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
18
19
20
20
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
13
12
13
11
11
Motorcyclesno.
39
38
38
37
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
644
637
658
653
663
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 712
1 483
1 329
1 144
961
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 058
5 350
5 808
6 067
6 568
Dieselno.
3 010
3 159
3 415
3 616
4 014
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
173
181
190
196
181
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 372 059.0
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.
-
-
-
-
22 012
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0