National Regional Profile: West Tamar (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA65810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
100
114
149
157
121
Total dwelling unitsno.
101
114
163
157
133
Value of total residential building$m
15.0
17.8
25.8
34.7
29.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.0
1.6
0.6
3.1
6.5
Value of total building$m
21.0
19.4
26.4
37.8
35.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
397
342
477
494
469
Other vehiclesno.
199
264
313
388
356
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
597
606
792
882
825
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 342
11 329
11 628
11 954
12 410
Campervansno.
179
210
228
228
246
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 803
2 889
3 030
3 178
3 314
Light rigid trucksno.
99
100
102
105
116
Heavy rigid trucksno.
288
293
303
309
339
Articulated trucksno.
70
58
61
69
69
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
9
13
9
15
Busesno.
127
118
113
120
134
Motorcyclesno.
500
457
523
539
626
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 421
15 464
15 999
16 514
17 268
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
556
548
552
562
576
Campervansno.
9
10
11
11
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
137
140
144
149
154
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
0
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
24
22
25
25
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
755
748
759
776
802
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 625
4 001
3 496
2 994
2 663
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 044
9 648
10 550
11 401
12 221
Dieselno.
1 572
1 645
1 784
1 958
2 189
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
179
170
170
161
195
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
20 252.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
28.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
16.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
289.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
307.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
44.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
23 930
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 649
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
8 356
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 330
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0