National Regional Profile: South Perth (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505257840   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
239
258
165
150
155
Total dwelling unitsno.
307
336
295
220
257
Value of total residential building$m
70.9
76.5
78.6
81.1
113.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.7
7.8
11.0
12.2
22.4
Value of total building$m
79.5
84.3
89.6
93.3
136.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
823
917
852
951
1 076
Other vehiclesno.
394
477
489
459
476
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 217
1 394
1 341
1 410
1 552
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 307
21 956
22 380
23 083
23 670
Campervansno.
74
74
83
75
75
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 760
1 778
1 815
2 195
2 287
Light rigid trucksno.
43
48
46
47
42
Heavy rigid trucksno.
245
238
225
221
233
Articulated trucksno.
24
23
22
28
32
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
71
80
87
90
101
Busesno.
88
113
105
94
109
Motorcyclesno.
614
653
669
693
741
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
24 226
24 963
25 432
26 526
27 290
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
555
562
563
571
578
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
46
45
46
54
56
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
5
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
2
3
3
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
17
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
631
639
640
657
666
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 337
3 693
3 036
2 526
2 127
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 342
19 580
20 641
21 766
22 733
Dieselno.
1 222
1 370
1 429
1 866
2 067
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
325
320
326
368
363
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0