National Regional Profile: Northam (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525106720   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
21
25
33
35
38
Total dwelling unitsno.
23
25
33
35
42
Value of total residential building$m
2.4
3.5
3.6
4.4
6.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.4
0.6
2.9
0.5
0.2
Value of total building$m
2.9
4.1
6.5
4.9
6.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
84
57
63
79
97
Other vehiclesno.
43
53
56
66
69
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
127
110
120
145
166
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 121
2 162
2 169
2 253
2 424
Campervansno.
22
27
24
26
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
843
853
908
957
991
Light rigid trucksno.
30
34
29
27
30
Heavy rigid trucksno.
178
186
206
205
205
Articulated trucksno.
23
22
26
28
31
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
13
13
12
15
Busesno.
23
24
22
21
22
Motorcyclesno.
151
147
150
165
199
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 402
3 469
3 546
3 694
3 943
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
570
577
575
579
612
Campervansno.
6
7
6
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
226
228
241
246
250
Light rigid trucksno.
8
9
8
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
48
50
55
53
52
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
7
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Busesno.
6
6
6
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
41
39
40
42
50
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
914
926
939
950
996
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 051
950
854
786
703
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 669
1 785
1 865
2 026
2 302
Dieselno.
586
637
712
764
794
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
97
97
114
118
144
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
106 078.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
23 185.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
57.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
58.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 126.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
255 193
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 536
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
794
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0