National Regional Profile: Parkes (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16200   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
50
43
69
65
53
Total dwelling unitsno.
54
47
81
67
62
Value of total residential building$m
8.7
8.0
14.9
15.3
13.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.1
12.8
11.2
4.4
14.1
Value of total building$m
14.9
20.7
26.1
19.7
27.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
292
289
316
282
270
Other vehiclesno.
252
226
274
271
283
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
544
514
590
553
553
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 397
6 541
6 697
6 709
6 801
Campervansno.
15
15
19
18
18
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 657
2 697
2 765
2 777
2 819
Light rigid trucksno.
74
81
92
88
86
Heavy rigid trucksno.
522
517
509
497
496
Articulated trucksno.
125
119
115
124
129
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
12
12
12
10
Busesno.
73
70
75
77
79
Motorcyclesno.
275
268
259
294
312
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 144
10 319
10 542
10 596
10 751
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
426
437
451
453
458
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
177
180
186
187
190
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
35
35
34
34
33
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
8
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
17
20
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
675
690
710
715
724
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 233
1 983
1 683
1 431
1 198
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 649
5 991
6 427
6 655
6 972
Dieselno.
2 115
2 220
2 311
2 376
2 445
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
146
125
121
134
136
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
550 573.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
164 531.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
19.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
19.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 210.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
681 447
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
25 199
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 664
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0