National Regional Profile: Far West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 16010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
10
11
19
21
15
Total dwelling unitsno.
10
36
22
27
17
Value of total residential building$m
2.4
7.3
4.7
5.6
5.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.6
6.6
3.1
18.0
3.8
Value of total building$m
3.0
13.9
7.8
23.6
9.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
353
370
385
404
398
Other vehiclesno.
345
397
397
471
458
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
698
768
783
875
855
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 532
9 468
9 598
9 721
9 874
Campervansno.
36
43
48
43
38
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 981
2 974
3 001
3 053
3 149
Light rigid trucksno.
88
92
94
104
113
Heavy rigid trucksno.
259
249
246
243
242
Articulated trucksno.
72
72
65
73
70
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
9
11
9
8
Busesno.
80
79
84
85
82
Motorcyclesno.
554
528
561
576
609
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 613
13 513
13 707
13 906
14 185
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
397
400
412
421
431
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
126
129
132
137
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
23
22
24
25
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
566
571
588
603
619
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 138
2 655
2 352
2 043
1 748
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 193
8 522
8 998
9 421
9 886
Dieselno.
2 052
2 120
2 140
2 209
2 323
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
229
216
217
233
229
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
13 332 436.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
3 712.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
24.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
24.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 026.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 359 261
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
49 939
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0