National Regional Profile: Broome (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA50980   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
159
169
129
87
110
Total dwelling unitsno.
161
212
137
150
164
Value of total residential building$m
27.3
41.4
28.4
41.7
46.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.1
8.1
17.4
26.5
70.2
Value of total building$m
37.4
49.5
45.8
68.2
116.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
62
85
111
161
132
Other vehiclesno.
206
213
253
255
276
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
268
298
364
416
408
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 050
4 203
4 600
4 943
5 237
Campervansno.
68
75
71
77
84
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 864
1 940
2 049
2 137
2 187
Light rigid trucksno.
47
48
61
60
59
Heavy rigid trucksno.
202
215
246
252
258
Articulated trucksno.
32
30
36
35
33
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
13
12
14
14
Busesno.
249
234
239
242
281
Motorcyclesno.
381
392
400
466
574
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 906
7 150
7 714
8 226
8 727
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
299
308
332
353
363
Campervansno.
5
5
5
5
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
138
142
148
152
151
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
16
18
18
18
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
18
17
17
17
19
Motorcyclesno.
28
29
29
33
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
511
524
556
587
605
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 443
1 272
1 182
1 064
900
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 906
3 122
3 557
4 035
4 443
Dieselno.
2 437
2 648
2 854
3 012
3 266
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
120
108
121
115
118
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 579 158.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
125.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
46.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
50.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
75 785
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0