National Regional Profile: South West Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 840
3 017
3 625
3 648
4 009
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 219
3 383
4 311
4 240
4 591
Value of total residential building$m
444.0
503.4
716.4
762.7
920.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
128.9
185.4
177.7
201.7
233.1
Value of total building$m
572.9
688.9
894.1
964.4
1 153.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 327
5 746
6 292
6 824
7 743
Other vehiclesno.
2 724
3 100
3 503
3 992
4 687
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 051
8 846
9 797
10 816
12 428
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
163 759
168 737
173 746
179 055
187 160
Campervansno.
1 059
1 130
1 061
1 038
990
Light commercial vehiclesno.
25 280
26 162
27 183
27 945
29 659
Light rigid trucksno.
830
845
860
917
975
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 818
2 875
2 961
3 045
3 264
Articulated trucksno.
610
628
676
739
807
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
187
200
227
568
595
Busesno.
788
800
840
851
915
Motorcyclesno.
6 296
6 478
6 927
7 511
8 769
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
201 627
207 857
214 480
221 666
233 131
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
547
556
563
570
580
Campervansno.
4
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
84
86
88
89
92
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
10
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
22
24
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
674
685
695
705
723
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
43 256
37 894
32 385
27 110
22 855
Petrol - Unleadedno.
137 037
147 292
157 853
168 812
182 358
Dieselno.
15 903
16 897
18 308
19 879
21 804
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
5 429
5 776
5 932
5 866
6 112
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 543.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
604.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
32.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
41.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 844
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
976
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
251
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0