National Regional Profile: Palmerston (C) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705102824   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
82
45
60
94
144
Total dwelling unitsno.
107
52
68
103
151
Value of total residential building$m
15.3
8.7
13.8
23.2
37.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.9
3.2
2.8
9.2
12.6
Value of total building$m
18.1
12.0
16.6
32.5
49.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
40
41
45
49
58
Other vehiclesno.
23
25
30
43
47
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
63
66
74
92
106
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 069
1 086
1 144
1 175
1 273
Campervansno.
0
3
3
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
277
292
318
342
379
Light rigid trucksno.
0
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
19
19
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
5
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
3
3
3
Busesno.
13
14
14
17
16
Motorcyclesno.
59
59
62
62
75
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 446
1 481
1 571
1 632
1 781
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
612
563
546
496
425
Campervansno.
0
2
1
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
151
152
144
127
Light rigid trucksno.
0
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
10
9
8
7
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
5
Motorcyclesno.
34
31
30
26
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
827
768
749
688
595
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
203
168
154
130
111
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 023
1 084
1 167
1 226
1 367
Dieselno.
194
203
225
253
279
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
27
26
24
23
24
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