National Regional Profile: Katherine (T) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 710302200   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
8
6
14
17
Total dwelling unitsno.
30
10
16
20
26
Value of total residential building$m
5.5
3.5
4.7
7.9
8.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.3
4.0
6.6
2.1
2.5
Value of total building$m
7.8
7.5
11.3
10.1
10.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
130
112
109
124
120
Other vehiclesno.
115
136
137
174
174
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
245
248
246
299
294
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 235
3 202
3 185
3 264
3 224
Campervansno.
13
13
15
7
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 370
1 479
1 535
1 571
1 634
Light rigid trucksno.
20
20
23
24
24
Heavy rigid trucksno.
177
196
190
191
200
Articulated trucksno.
65
78
68
67
68
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
26
24
22
23
23
Busesno.
139
138
150
136
139
Motorcyclesno.
216
177
183
167
190
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 261
5 328
5 371
5 450
5 505
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
360
355
351
357
357
Campervansno.
1
1
2
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
152
164
169
172
181
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
22
21
21
22
Articulated trucksno.
7
9
7
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
2
3
3
Busesno.
15
15
17
15
15
Motorcyclesno.
24
20
20
18
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
585
591
592
596
610
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
696
602
513
416
338
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 967
3 034
3 121
3 252
3 326
Dieselno.
1 523
1 618
1 666
1 722
1 791
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
75
74
71
59
51
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
34 470.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
30.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
318.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
322.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 787
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0