National Regional Profile: Esperance (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 530103290   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
107
65
64
70
69
Total dwelling unitsno.
128
81
67
80
76
Value of total residential building$m
17.9
12.8
12.6
15.7
20.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
11.2
4.3
7.4
7.0
11.1
Value of total building$m
29.0
17.1
20.1
22.7
31.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
193
147
232
227
186
Other vehiclesno.
331
326
415
349
389
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
524
473
647
576
576
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 090
6 206
6 304
6 562
6 791
Campervansno.
50
59
68
67
67
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 078
3 113
3 184
3 158
3 218
Light rigid trucksno.
63
75
75
86
93
Heavy rigid trucksno.
647
653
647
645
651
Articulated trucksno.
210
192
218
250
268
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
46
48
53
49
52
Busesno.
103
106
109
108
110
Motorcyclesno.
421
429
441
458
532
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 708
10 881
11 098
11 383
11 781
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
453
455
460
474
493
Campervansno.
4
4
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
229
228
232
228
234
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
5
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
48
48
47
47
47
Articulated trucksno.
16
14
16
18
19
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Busesno.
8
8
8
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
31
31
32
33
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
796
798
810
821
855
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 148
1 930
1 630
1 469
1 245
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 064
5 298
5 619
5 920
6 307
Dieselno.
3 323
3 481
3 687
3 838
4 066
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
174
171
162
157
163
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 209 922.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
441 565.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
134 260.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 087 949
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
115 657
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 358
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0