National Regional Profile: Northam (T) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525106650   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
14
8
10
10
21
Total dwelling unitsno.
21
25
23
21
25
Value of total residential building$m
3.2
3.1
3.0
4.3
5.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.4
1.1
2.0
4.0
3.0
Value of total building$m
4.6
4.2
5.1
8.3
8.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
188
143
127
193
226
Other vehiclesno.
83
102
104
115
141
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
271
245
232
308
368
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 897
2 923
2 877
3 009
3 084
Campervansno.
20
21
19
24
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 042
1 039
1 024
1 080
1 104
Light rigid trucksno.
31
33
27
29
35
Heavy rigid trucksno.
206
210
209
206
206
Articulated trucksno.
21
17
13
17
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
24
21
19
25
Busesno.
35
35
34
40
43
Motorcyclesno.
157
153
153
157
166
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 432
4 455
4 378
4 581
4 708
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
441
447
447
466
481
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
159
159
167
172
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
32
32
32
32
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
2
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Busesno.
5
5
5
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
24
23
24
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
674
681
680
709
734
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 309
1 173
1 024
933
831
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 345
2 474
2 543
2 753
2 948
Dieselno.
679
704
709
796
825
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
100
103
101
99
105
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
80.1
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.
-
-
-
-
29
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0