National Regional Profile: Port Hedland (T) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540057280   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
16
17
29
51
55
Total dwelling unitsno.
23
25
33
80
110
Value of total residential building$m
4.5
4.7
7.4
19.7
31.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.0
6.2
2.6
5.3
30.3
Value of total building$m
5.5
10.9
10.0
25.0
61.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
141
157
192
235
210
Other vehiclesno.
213
221
301
358
447
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
353
379
493
593
657
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 889
4 914
5 136
5 345
5 384
Campervansno.
30
28
39
43
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 615
1 637
1 741
1 808
1 910
Light rigid trucksno.
35
43
45
55
68
Heavy rigid trucksno.
175
197
221
238
284
Articulated trucksno.
58
51
57
85
99
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
23
24
22
18
Busesno.
140
124
156
143
152
Motorcyclesno.
425
401
404
415
412
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 384
7 418
7 823
8 155
8 372
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
376
375
393
420
414
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
125
133
142
147
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
15
17
19
22
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
2
2
2
1
Busesno.
11
9
12
11
12
Motorcyclesno.
33
31
31
33
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
568
566
599
640
644
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 255
1 068
958
785
643
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 977
4 091
4 329
4 647
4 790
Dieselno.
2 032
2 144
2 414
2 599
2 828
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
120
115
121
124
110
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 628 949.2
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.
-
-
-
-
33 034
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0