National Regional Profile: Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA59520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
16
26
19
34
51
Total dwelling unitsno.
33
40
47
93
84
Value of total residential building$m
6.2
8.2
11.1
25.2
21.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.2
5.1
6.3
6.3
11.6
Value of total building$m
8.4
13.3
17.3
31.5
33.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
33
29
19
36
35
Other vehiclesno.
106
118
104
153
172
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
139
147
123
189
207
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 774
1 864
1 904
2 009
2 224
Campervansno.
37
38
33
27
30
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 188
1 260
1 255
1 289
1 348
Light rigid trucksno.
24
22
30
27
30
Heavy rigid trucksno.
207
224
225
219
219
Articulated trucksno.
36
31
33
42
45
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
15
16
15
17
Busesno.
195
207
187
180
177
Motorcyclesno.
207
207
198
178
190
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 685
3 869
3 880
3 987
4 280
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
244
254
262
278
303
Campervansno.
5
5
5
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
163
172
173
178
184
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
31
31
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
27
28
26
25
24
Motorcyclesno.
28
28
27
25
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
507
528
534
551
583
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
711
624
525
459
373
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 376
1 510
1 580
1 676
1 950
Dieselno.
1 565
1 696
1 736
1 805
1 912
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
33
38
40
47
45
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 037 892.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 336.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 427.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
498.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
538.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 346.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
185 772
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0