National Regional Profile: Western Adelaide (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 40510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
879
745
875
714
625
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 110
1 039
1 442
1 169
1 231
Value of total residential building$m
148.7
153.2
220.9
197.9
248.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
105.5
112.8
459.4
179.8
222.3
Value of total building$m
254.2
266.0
680.4
377.7
470.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 408
4 972
5 232
5 242
5 003
Other vehiclesno.
2 052
2 638
2 973
3 177
3 250
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 460
7 610
8 202
8 416
8 254
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
119 999
120 318
121 401
122 398
124 200
Campervansno.
505
516
471
458
422
Light commercial vehiclesno.
14 140
14 421
15 283
15 906
16 562
Light rigid trucksno.
750
792
850
905
932
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 116
3 204
3 158
3 291
3 260
Articulated trucksno.
1 067
1 086
1 087
1 051
1 011
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
314
255
242
245
228
Busesno.
317
327
273
952
977
Motorcyclesno.
3 382
3 420
3 556
3 735
4 170
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
143 590
144 339
146 329
148 941
151 764
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
570
570
575
579
584
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
67
68
72
75
78
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
15
16
15
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
1
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
682
684
693
704
713
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
39 199
33 366
27 862
22 818
18 709
Petrol - Unleadedno.
96 082
102 106
109 115
115 347
121 307
Dieselno.
7 231
7 723
8 122
9 320
10 155
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 081
1 145
1 225
1 455
1 599
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
760.1
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.
-
-
-
-
3 212
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