National Regional Profile: Wakefield (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA48130   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
24
23
62
22
Total dwelling unitsno.
19
26
23
76
25
Value of total residential building$m
2.2
3.9
3.1
10.1
3.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.2
2.2
2.2
3.2
2.9
Value of total building$m
5.3
6.1
5.3
13.3
6.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
111
92
87
81
91
Other vehiclesno.
106
89
132
84
99
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
217
181
219
166
190
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 623
3 605
3 686
3 649
3 711
Campervansno.
28
30
31
27
26
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 363
1 339
1 376
1 396
1 446
Light rigid trucksno.
18
15
18
17
13
Heavy rigid trucksno.
323
315
305
293
284
Articulated trucksno.
163
151
154
155
147
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
7
6
6
7
Busesno.
35
34
32
32
35
Motorcyclesno.
183
193
197
205
201
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 742
5 689
5 805
5 780
5 870
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
550
548
561
552
559
Campervansno.
4
5
5
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
207
204
209
211
218
Light rigid trucksno.
3
2
3
3
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
49
48
46
44
43
Articulated trucksno.
25
23
23
23
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
28
29
30
31
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
871
865
883
874
884
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 779
1 535
1 393
1 173
1 015
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 931
3 091
3 284
3 445
3 654
Dieselno.
971
1 008
1 076
1 106
1 145
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
61
55
53
56
58
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
368 479.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
179 827.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
300.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
89.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
94.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
51 548.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
187 221
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 384
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 536
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
25 423
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0