National Regional Profile: Parramatta (C) - North-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105406253   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
32
52
37
31
39
Total dwelling unitsno.
245
321
365
227
287
Value of total residential building$m
40.8
44.5
57.5
40.5
55.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
53.0
31.2
56.8
40.5
78.5
Value of total building$m
93.8
75.8
114.3
81.0
134.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
796
831
880
842
872
Other vehiclesno.
310
350
420
391
354
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 106
1 181
1 300
1 233
1 226
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 314
16 492
16 919
17 293
18 300
Campervansno.
20
21
21
20
22
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 682
1 709
1 761
1 816
1 894
Light rigid trucksno.
121
115
110
108
121
Heavy rigid trucksno.
238
219
222
235
271
Articulated trucksno.
79
46
45
44
98
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
7
8
9
10
Busesno.
51
53
63
58
50
Motorcyclesno.
403
414
442
460
488
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
18 916
19 076
19 591
20 043
21 254
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
477
483
492
500
521
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
49
50
51
52
54
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
6
6
7
8
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
1
1
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
2
2
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
12
12
13
13
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
553
558
569
579
605
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 412
1 951
1 597
1 299
1 094
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 474
16 123
16 968
17 682
18 923
Dieselno.
851
825
841
876
1 018
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
180
178
185
185
220
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