National Regional Profile: East Pilbara (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540053220   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2
0
48
19
14
Total dwelling unitsno.
13
10
49
43
26
Value of total residential building$m
3.1
1.8
5.5
11.5
6.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
11.0
13.2
3.1
11.9
89.5
Value of total building$m
14.0
15.0
8.6
23.3
95.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
22
27
44
36
36
Other vehiclesno.
73
71
99
104
140
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
95
98
143
140
176
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 614
1 637
1 767
1 922
2 127
Campervansno.
10
13
17
15
17
Light commercial vehiclesno.
548
584
623
690
732
Light rigid trucksno.
17
18
19
21
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
103
109
121
119
112
Articulated trucksno.
32
32
35
31
27
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
8
10
8
5
Busesno.
53
42
49
57
50
Motorcyclesno.
222
215
212
211
247
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 606
2 658
2 853
3 074
3 344
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
278
274
282
289
297
Campervansno.
2
2
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
94
98
99
104
102
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
18
19
18
16
Articulated trucksno.
6
5
6
5
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
9
7
8
9
7
Motorcyclesno.
38
36
34
32
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
449
445
455
463
467
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
569
513
482
441
401
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 149
1 223
1 357
1 566
1 800
Dieselno.
849
879
967
1 021
1 092
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
39
43
47
46
51
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
6 184 759.1
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
114 101
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0