National Regional Profile: West Wimmera (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225056890   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
4
11
9
12
9
Total dwelling unitsno.
4
11
10
17
9
Value of total residential building$m
0.9
2.3
2.3
3.6
2.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
2.8
1.5
2.4
0.9
Value of total building$m
1.5
5.1
3.8
6.0
3.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
81
66
76
60
56
Other vehiclesno.
106
91
101
91
92
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
188
157
177
150
147
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 417
2 457
2 443
2 462
2 485
Campervansno.
9
11
16
15
14
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 409
1 433
1 447
1 503
1 531
Light rigid trucksno.
20
20
19
18
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
382
377
370
373
364
Articulated trucksno.
94
107
109
124
143
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
22
17
18
22
18
Busesno.
40
38
47
48
46
Motorcyclesno.
165
91
99
99
104
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 558
4 550
4 568
4 664
4 723
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
503
517
522
531
539
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
293
302
309
324
332
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
80
79
79
80
79
Articulated trucksno.
20
23
23
27
31
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
4
4
5
4
Busesno.
8
8
10
10
10
Motorcyclesno.
34
19
21
21
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
949
958
976
1 005
1 024
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 364
1 190
1 048
923
832
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 092
2 175
2 269
2 366
2 436
Dieselno.
983
1 064
1 136
1 254
1 340
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
119
121
115
121
115
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
739 579.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
93 898.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 058.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
395.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
395.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
41 953.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 263 354
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
778
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
41 722
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 835
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0