National Regional Profile: South West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 784
2 961
3 613
3 740
4 061
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 167
3 614
4 551
4 383
4 651
Value of total residential building$m
418.1
523.2
689.9
756.3
947.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
99.1
139.8
149.2
180.8
224.5
Value of total building$m
517.1
663.0
839.1
937.1
1 172.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 332
3 305
4 080
4 545
5 053
Other vehiclesno.
2 529
2 741
3 604
4 230
4 951
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 861
6 045
7 683
8 777
10 001
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
102 342
106 611
111 361
117 347
124 424
Campervansno.
1 031
1 077
1 100
1 125
1 155
Light commercial vehiclesno.
30 039
30 880
31 650
33 001
35 067
Light rigid trucksno.
642
711
802
866
1 006
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 851
3 974
4 024
4 205
4 497
Articulated trucksno.
882
859
890
937
1 038
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
330
357
379
382
473
Busesno.
1 150
1 139
1 243
1 323
1 400
Motorcyclesno.
5 599
5 665
5 951
6 425
7 434
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
145 865
151 274
157 400
165 609
176 493
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
520
532
541
552
571
Campervansno.
5
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
153
154
154
155
161
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
20
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
28
28
29
30
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
741
755
764
778
810
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
32 627
29 172
25 587
22 116
19 213
Petrol - Unleadedno.
83 608
90 398
97 967
106 981
117 467
Dieselno.
25 375
27 223
29 238
31 778
34 794
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 253
4 480
4 607
4 735
5 018
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
755 141.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
18 815.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 466.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 986.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4 018.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 857.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 045 578
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
103 671
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
393 214
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
54 712
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0