National Regional Profile: Carnarvon (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 535051540   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
29
13
7
8
15
Total dwelling unitsno.
35
24
11
12
38
Value of total residential building$m
5.9
5.0
2.4
2.9
8.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.6
5.0
6.3
1.7
0.0
Value of total building$m
8.5
10.0
8.6
4.5
8.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
61
48
66
53
64
Other vehiclesno.
83
101
95
116
121
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
144
149
161
169
185
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 372
2 380
2 352
2 354
2 411
Campervansno.
47
49
52
63
60
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 228
1 245
1 239
1 239
1 292
Light rigid trucksno.
30
32
35
38
48
Heavy rigid trucksno.
171
173
182
172
175
Articulated trucksno.
48
48
48
50
44
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
13
10
11
11
Busesno.
49
46
39
43
52
Motorcyclesno.
139
122
120
135
166
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 099
4 109
4 076
4 105
4 261
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
355
362
376
381
391
Campervansno.
7
7
8
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
184
190
198
200
210
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
6
6
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
29
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
8
8
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
7
7
6
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
21
19
19
22
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
614
626
652
664
692
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
970
855
738
617
533
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 789
1 873
1 940
2 049
2 224
Dieselno.
1 247
1 281
1 303
1 337
1 402
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
93
100
96
102
102
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 545 603.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
864.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
280.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
511.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
157 740
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
48 323
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
24
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0