National Regional Profile: Merredin (S) (Statistical Local Area)
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525155460
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INDUSTRY
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Private sector houses
no.
4
5
2
17
14
Total dwelling units
no.
4
6
6
23
15
Value of private sector houses
$m
0.6
1.1
0.5
3.6
3.0
Value of new residential building
$m
0.6
1.2
1.3
5.2
3.2
Value of total residential building
$m
0.7
1.5
1.7
5.4
4.0
Value of total non-residential building
$m
3.5
0.5
4.7
0.4
1.8
Value of total building
$m
4.3
2.0
6.4
5.7
5.8
Average value of private sector houses
$'000
137.8
218.9
259.0
209.9
217.6
Passenger vehicles
no.
501
517
507
517
537
Campervans
no.
4
5
4
3
4
Light commercial vehicles
no.
244
264
269
263
276
Light rigid trucks
no.
7
8
8
10
9
Heavy rigid trucks
no.
99
100
98
101
102
Articulated trucks
no.
19
24
21
22
24
Non-freight carrying trucks
no.
4
3
4
4
4
Buses
no.
8
10
10
9
10
Motorcycles
no.
40
40
40
44
52
Total registered motor vehicles
no.
926
971
961
973
1 018
Less than 5 years old
no.
637
691
746
803
797
5 years to less than 10 years old
no.
760
784
696
665
723
10 years or older
no.
1 826
1 862
1 861
1 876
1 924
Gross value of crops
$m
-
-
56.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings
$m
-
-
4.9
-
-
Gross value of livestock products
$m
-
-
4.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production
$m
-
-
65.8
-
-
Area of holding
ha
-
-
327 829.3
-
-
Cereals for grain
ha
-
-
162 061.1
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption
ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts)
ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes)
ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops
ha
-
-
13 905.3
-
-
Sheep and lambs
no.
-
-
219 795
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)
no.
-
-
8
-
-
Meat cattle
no.
-
-
1 038
-
-
Pigs
no.
-
-
2 448
-
-
* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0