National Regional Profile: Western Australia
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 5
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INDUSTRY
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Private sector houses
no.
19 235
18 964
21 573
19 103
16 644
Total dwelling units
no.
23 834
24 233
26 170
25 087
23 641
Value of private sector houses
$m
2 947.4
3 244.1
4 240.5
4 470.2
4 382.5
Value of new residential building
$m
3 569.6
4 111.4
5 124.5
5 952.5
6 627.4
Value of total residential building
$m
3 893.8
4 470.7
5 608.9
6 462.2
7 220.9
Value of total non-residential building
$m
1 530.7
1 978.4
2 346.6
2 758.5
5 447.2
Value of total building
$m
5 424.5
6 449.1
7 955.5
9 220.7
12 668.1
Average value of private sector houses
$'000
153.2
171.1
196.6
234.0
263.3
Passenger vehicles
no.
565
574
586
594
597
Campervans
no.
4
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehicles
no.
118
120
124
127
131
Light rigid trucks
no.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks
no.
19
19
20
20
21
Articulated trucks
no.
4
4
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucks
no.
2
2
2
2
2
Buses
no.
5
5
5
6
6
Motorcycles
no.
25
26
29
32
35
Total registered motor vehicles
no.
746
758
778
795
805
Less than 5 years old
no.
345 561
365 623
417 928
475 797
519 366
5 years to less than 10 years old
no.
387 255
403 073
407 163
416 124
432 142
10 years or older
no.
745 271
761 087
777 205
787 021
796 951
Gross value of crops
$m
-
-
3 931.5
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings
$m
-
-
1 213.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock products
$m
-
-
649.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production
$m
-
-
5 794.4
-
-
Area of holding
ha
-
-
98 652 515.2
-
-
Cereals for grain
ha
-
-
6 272 716.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption
ha
-
-
9 260.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts)
ha
-
-
11 456.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes)
ha
-
-
12 069.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops
ha
-
-
1 231 102.5
-
-
Sheep and lambs
no.
-
-
22 129 245
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)
no.
-
-
115 721
-
-
Meat cattle
no.
-
-
2 275 220
-
-
Pigs
no.
-
-
296 058
-
-
* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0