National Regional Profile: Wattle Range (DC) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 425108344   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
32
31
40
49
30
Total dwelling unitsno.
34
31
41
57
34
Value of total residential building$m
5.4
5.7
6.8
9.4
6.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.5
16.2
4.3
5.5
3.9
Value of total building$m
10.9
21.9
11.2
14.9
10.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
122
118
114
100
118
Other vehiclesno.
181
166
154
179
143
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
304
284
269
279
261
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 470
4 543
4 584
4 660
4 790
Campervansno.
23
28
25
20
21
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 016
2 086
2 145
2 130
2 160
Light rigid trucksno.
22
20
20
24
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
215
220
222
217
228
Articulated trucksno.
48
59
58
62
62
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
12
12
12
11
Busesno.
12
8
9
11
12
Motorcyclesno.
285
265
273
268
281
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 103
7 241
7 347
7 403
7 592
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
494
500
508
516
529
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
223
230
238
236
239
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
25
24
25
Articulated trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
31
29
30
30
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
785
797
814
820
838
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 759
1 522
1 327
1 063
905
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 240
4 500
4 725
4 935
5 179
Dieselno.
1 075
1 185
1 261
1 360
1 456
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
29
33
34
45
52
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
161 225.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
6 340.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
106.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
106.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 818.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
386 238
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8 270
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
90 296
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
136
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0