National Regional Profile: South West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 325   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
70
31
46
58
51
Total dwelling unitsno.
80
37
53
63
57
Value of total residential building$m
11.8
7.4
9.4
13.2
14.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.7
4.1
4.8
21.3
10.1
Value of total building$m
18.5
11.5
14.2
34.5
24.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
298
270
277
366
309
Other vehiclesno.
893
755
966
1 221
1 172
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 193
1 023
1 243
1 587
1 480
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 049
9 945
9 827
10 045
10 295
Campervansno.
21
26
22
37
40
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 695
7 667
7 630
7 761
8 027
Light rigid trucksno.
164
164
165
172
187
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 362
1 386
1 355
1 372
1 398
Articulated trucksno.
463
469
464
462
477
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
35
25
30
38
32
Busesno.
129
125
119
116
115
Motorcyclesno.
463
445
406
431
501
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
20 382
20 248
20 012
20 425
21 070
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
374
372
370
379
390
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
286
287
287
293
304
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
51
52
51
52
53
Articulated trucksno.
17
18
17
17
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
15
16
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
759
757
753
770
798
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 504
3 003
2 546
2 267
1 959
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 724
8 908
9 071
9 470
10 048
Dieselno.
7 991
8 192
8 272
8 560
8 938
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
165
146
125
128
125
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
29 745 396.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
254 504.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
238.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
411.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
412.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
29 040.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 561 144
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
133
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 106 186
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
23 355
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0