National Regional Profile: Outer Western Sydney (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10545   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 135
1 013
700
404
348
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 553
1 517
1 466
740
501
Value of total residential building$m
294.4
303.1
302.6
200.2
156.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
155.6
159.8
142.0
230.2
130.2
Value of total building$m
450.0
462.9
444.6
430.4
286.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 915
6 777
7 727
7 670
7 346
Other vehiclesno.
3 765
4 219
4 877
4 958
4 470
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
10 681
10 996
12 605
12 629
11 817
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
148 074
151 265
154 851
156 751
159 226
Campervansno.
284
336
352
363
368
Light commercial vehiclesno.
24 398
25 498
26 613
27 485
27 992
Light rigid trucksno.
1 587
1 671
1 729
1 869
1 875
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 969
4 110
4 222
4 275
4 261
Articulated trucksno.
692
659
709
779
747
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
125
129
123
145
144
Busesno.
630
661
727
751
757
Motorcyclesno.
6 074
6 297
6 543
6 820
7 139
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
185 833
190 627
195 868
199 237
202 508
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
465
475
490
497
506
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
77
80
84
87
89
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
13
13
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
584
599
620
632
643
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
28 696
24 034
20 066
16 764
13 968
Petrol - Unleadedno.
140 398
148 947
157 213
163 088
168 415
Dieselno.
13 991
14 766
15 672
16 494
17 031
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 749
2 880
2 918
2 890
3 094
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
34 621.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
40.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 500.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
499.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
512.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
22.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 443
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 397
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 623
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
482
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0