National Regional Profile: Central West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 33505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
23
21
8
21
14
Total dwelling unitsno.
33
24
10
26
14
Value of total residential building$m
6.4
4.2
2.3
5.3
3.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
6.8
4.1
9.9
4.7
Value of total building$m
8.4
11.0
6.4
15.2
8.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
151
117
129
116
123
Other vehiclesno.
543
426
467
517
520
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
690
545
596
634
643
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 429
4 348
4 269
4 318
4 345
Campervansno.
9
15
13
12
19
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 591
3 570
3 585
3 567
3 663
Light rigid trucksno.
78
87
96
97
96
Heavy rigid trucksno.
740
740
731
727
731
Articulated trucksno.
168
166
167
170
166
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
20
7
9
15
Busesno.
96
90
83
92
92
Motorcyclesno.
314
314
294
274
294
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 434
9 345
9 262
9 274
9 420
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
356
359
359
367
376
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
289
294
302
303
317
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
8
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
59
61
62
62
63
Articulated trucksno.
14
14
14
14
14
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
2
1
1
1
Busesno.
8
7
7
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
25
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
759
771
779
789
815
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 487
1 309
1 134
1 002
868
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 043
4 093
4 122
4 275
4 415
Dieselno.
3 817
3 868
3 920
3 923
4 067
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
87
79
78
74
72
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
32 381 214.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
3 067.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
177.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
177.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 875 930
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 016 479
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0