National Regional Profile: Merredin (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525155460   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
6
6
4
5
2
Total dwelling unitsno.
17
14
4
6
6
Value of total residential building$m
2.3
1.3
0.7
1.5
1.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
0.5
3.5
0.5
4.7
Value of total building$m
4.4
1.8
4.3
2.0
6.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
67
42
66
78
79
Other vehiclesno.
67
71
115
114
118
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
135
112
182
192
197
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 756
1 701
1 725
1 760
1 726
Campervansno.
13
12
15
17
15
Light commercial vehiclesno.
787
805
833
889
907
Light rigid trucksno.
21
25
24
26
28
Heavy rigid trucksno.
329
322
336
335
328
Articulated trucksno.
66
63
65
82
71
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
14
12
14
Busesno.
26
25
28
33
34
Motorcyclesno.
129
124
137
136
137
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 140
3 092
3 177
3 290
3 259
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
474
464
495
511
502
Campervansno.
4
3
4
5
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
212
220
239
258
264
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
89
88
96
97
95
Articulated trucksno.
18
17
19
24
21
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
3
4
Busesno.
7
7
8
10
10
Motorcyclesno.
35
34
39
39
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
847
843
912
955
948
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
758
663
619
551
476
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 512
1 544
1 597
1 708
1 745
Dieselno.
823
839
914
980
980
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
47
45
47
51
57
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
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 cropsha
-
-
-
-
13 905.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
219 795
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 038
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 448
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0