National Regional Profile: Paroo (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 325055800   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1
4
0
0
0
Total dwelling unitsno.
2
4
0
0
0
Value of total residential building$m
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.0
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.5
Value of total building$m
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.0
0.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
22
5
11
17
16
Other vehiclesno.
63
28
57
62
80
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
85
33
68
79
96
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
764
740
733
781
770
Campervansno.
4
3
0
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
624
634
613
591
611
Light rigid trucksno.
17
17
15
12
15
Heavy rigid trucksno.
121
113
106
112
109
Articulated trucksno.
34
28
24
20
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
3
3
Busesno.
11
10
12
10
9
Motorcyclesno.
43
35
32
30
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 618
1 579
1 537
1 560
1 568
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
351
342
343
369
375
Campervansno.
2
1
0
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
287
293
287
279
297
Light rigid trucksno.
8
8
7
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
56
52
50
53
53
Articulated trucksno.
16
13
11
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
6
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
16
15
14
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
743
730
719
737
763
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
303
282
250
222
183
Petrol - Unleadedno.
666
648
667
719
757
Dieselno.
639
634
609
608
617
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
11
15
11
11
11
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 352 692.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 288.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
41.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
368 216
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
56 338
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
20
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0