National Regional Profile: Bourke (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135151150   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
9
1
6
6
11
Total dwelling unitsno.
9
2
14
11
12
Value of total residential building$m
1.4
0.3
2.4
2.2
2.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.9
13.8
0.9
0.7
0.0
Value of total building$m
4.3
14.1
3.3
2.9
2.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
55
40
61
53
56
Other vehiclesno.
123
104
123
136
125
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
178
143
184
189
180
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 036
999
1 008
1 018
995
Campervansno.
0
0
3
4
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
693
679
679
683
722
Light rigid trucksno.
13
18
18
22
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
95
95
95
95
107
Articulated trucksno.
25
25
26
30
26
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
25
26
31
30
26
Motorcyclesno.
35
26
21
21
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 925
1 871
1 884
1 905
1 920
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
272
272
287
302
309
Campervansno.
0
0
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
182
185
193
203
224
Light rigid trucksno.
3
5
5
7
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
26
27
28
33
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
9
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
9
9
8
Motorcyclesno.
9
7
6
6
6
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
506
510
536
566
597
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
284
234
222
198
173
Petrol - Unleadedno.
924
921
949
979
961
Dieselno.
711
708
705
721
778
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
6
7
8
7
7
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 924 208.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
6 538.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
36.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
762.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
762.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 489.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
318 017
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
9
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
16 775
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
139
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0