National Regional Profile: Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA54280   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
53
75
67
101
129
Total dwelling unitsno.
119
198
104
173
166
Value of total residential building$m
16.3
23.9
17.7
30.5
39.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
13.1
6.7
16.9
23.5
7.7
Value of total building$m
29.4
30.5
34.6
54.0
46.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
513
501
573
633
711
Other vehiclesno.
698
862
854
925
1 057
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 210
1 362
1 426
1 557
1 767
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 178
13 257
13 475
13 595
14 017
Campervansno.
85
90
81
81
82
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 443
5 618
5 664
5 802
5 918
Light rigid trucksno.
142
156
181
181
212
Heavy rigid trucksno.
761
787
798
822
813
Articulated trucksno.
272
265
246
240
252
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
82
106
102
120
115
Busesno.
263
250
265
268
266
Motorcyclesno.
1 074
1 077
1 084
1 054
1 150
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 300
21 603
21 898
22 161
22 826
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
444
440
447
452
461
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
183
186
188
193
195
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
26
27
27
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
8
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
4
3
4
4
Busesno.
9
8
9
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
36
36
36
35
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
717
717
727
737
751
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 800
3 350
2 845
2 448
2 082
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 888
12 311
12 984
13 443
14 203
Dieselno.
5 241
5 579
5 718
5 914
6 181
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
370
365
350
355
359
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 512 257.2
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.
-
-
-
-
77 730
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 116
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0