National Regional Profile: North Western Rural (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 62010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
71
58
117
109
96
Total dwelling unitsno.
72
58
126
118
98
Value of total residential building$m
9.6
8.1
18.5
19.3
20.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
7.5
4.5
5.9
9.5
9.2
Value of total building$m
17.1
12.6
24.3
28.8
29.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
246
260
239
331
268
Other vehiclesno.
302
337
359
442
390
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
548
598
598
774
656
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 891
11 080
11 496
11 886
12 226
Campervansno.
134
145
148
154
170
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 476
4 776
4 910
5 054
5 278
Light rigid trucksno.
127
127
144
150
154
Heavy rigid trucksno.
656
644
645
670
657
Articulated trucksno.
110
114
126
137
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
12
7
9
13
Busesno.
151
147
137
130
146
Motorcyclesno.
619
575
610
629
689
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 180
17 617
18 227
18 819
19 463
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
458
461
476
488
500
Campervansno.
6
6
6
6
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
188
199
203
207
216
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
27
27
27
27
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
26
24
25
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
722
733
755
772
795
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 610
3 999
3 570
3 064
2 665
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 265
10 033
10 849
11 655
12 461
Dieselno.
3 128
3 380
3 596
3 879
4 122
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
176
205
213
220
215
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
255 080.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
711.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5 024.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
59.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
69.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 076.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
73 718
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
119 936
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
186 054
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 258
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0