National Regional Profile: Sydney (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105057206   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
20
8
2
1
3
Total dwelling unitsno.
887
686
563
620
257
Value of total residential building$m
167.7
182.8
159.2
215.2
80.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
100.4
192.0
113.7
277.3
131.0
Value of total building$m
268.1
374.8
272.9
492.4
211.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 404
1 366
1 272
1 362
1 199
Other vehiclesno.
460
448
467
511
366
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 864
1 814
1 740
1 873
1 566
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 625
12 460
13 050
13 808
13 647
Campervansno.
14
19
27
21
19
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 131
1 195
1 308
1 401
1 277
Light rigid trucksno.
104
117
112
94
93
Heavy rigid trucksno.
117
314
350
378
338
Articulated trucksno.
3
12
11
13
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
7
6
4
Busesno.
70
77
93
70
55
Motorcyclesno.
333
398
440
462
539
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 398
14 595
15 398
16 252
15 984
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
367
362
354
359
335
Campervansno.
0
1
1
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
36
35
35
36
31
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
9
9
10
8
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
11
12
12
12
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
423
424
418
423
392
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 437
1 253
1 079
887
715
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 402
12 489
13 335
14 306
14 267
Dieselno.
485
776
888
949
915
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
75
76
96
110
88
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0