National Regional Profile: Mid-Western Regional (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15270   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
104
92
120
140
106
Total dwelling unitsno.
118
92
135
160
131
Value of total residential building$m
17.5
16.4
24.7
30.3
28.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.4
3.5
10.8
4.1
8.7
Value of total building$m
22.8
19.9
35.6
34.4
36.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
323
362
359
376
338
Other vehiclesno.
409
405
438
527
441
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
731
768
797
904
779
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 523
9 773
9 952
9 949
10 256
Campervansno.
31
33
32
36
36
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 151
4 273
4 444
4 522
4 733
Light rigid trucksno.
150
163
178
182
189
Heavy rigid trucksno.
534
550
568
594
616
Articulated trucksno.
94
92
93
95
94
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
13
12
9
12
Busesno.
91
96
103
106
102
Motorcyclesno.
501
542
611
630
695
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 092
15 537
15 995
16 123
16 733
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
430
443
454
454
467
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
187
194
203
206
215
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
25
26
27
28
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
1
Busesno.
4
4
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
23
25
28
29
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
681
705
730
736
761
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 198
2 879
2 543
2 144
1 841
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 803
9 374
10 014
10 369
11 094
Dieselno.
2 954
3 145
3 281
3 449
3 619
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
137
139
156
160
179
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
521 676.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
10 435.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
8.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
389.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
393.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
583.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
768 343
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
152
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
87 775
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
254
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0