National Regional Profile: Busselton (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510151260   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
376
423
613
705
589
Total dwelling unitsno.
412
492
694
800
634
Value of total residential building$m
64.4
83.0
128.8
163.9
161.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.8
30.8
36.3
32.6
77.5
Value of total building$m
82.2
113.8
165.2
196.5
238.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
299
318
389
448
478
Other vehiclesno.
306
313
455
525
564
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
605
631
844
973
1 042
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 974
12 709
13 344
14 243
15 027
Campervansno.
105
115
115
121
127
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 506
3 576
3 693
3 891
4 162
Light rigid trucksno.
76
88
101
110
117
Heavy rigid trucksno.
396
413
423
430
438
Articulated trucksno.
82
90
86
89
99
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
41
47
51
50
59
Busesno.
198
199
212
217
244
Motorcyclesno.
515
529
574
613
714
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 893
17 766
18 599
19 764
20 987
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
500
524
539
547
564
Campervansno.
4
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
146
147
149
149
156
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
8
8
9
8
9
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
23
24
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
705
732
751
758
788
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 517
3 268
2 824
2 447
2 109
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 816
10 712
11 660
12 848
14 047
Dieselno.
3 126
3 335
3 646
3 974
4 338
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
434
451
469
495
493
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
68 667.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
740.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
610.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
131.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
132.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
52.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
53 548
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
24 532
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
38 425
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0