National Regional Profile: Inner Western Sydney (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10535   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
166
203
262
203
166
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 409
2 014
1 830
1 538
967
Value of total residential building$m
226.2
423.3
437.7
407.4
287.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
40.7
120.8
252.7
119.1
123.2
Value of total building$m
266.8
544.1
690.3
526.5
410.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
7 167
6 764
6 915
6 984
6 907
Other vehiclesno.
2 589
2 932
2 853
3 240
3 228
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
9 757
9 694
9 767
10 225
10 135
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
81 905
80 321
85 758
85 532
87 315
Campervansno.
62
57
54
48
53
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 688
8 860
11 436
11 288
11 507
Light rigid trucksno.
886
834
844
862
755
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 730
1 399
1 459
1 570
1 554
Articulated trucksno.
183
145
157
149
144
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
83
72
125
128
122
Busesno.
433
396
404
403
519
Motorcyclesno.
1 564
1 634
1 778
1 816
1 970
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
98 534
93 719
102 014
101 795
103 940
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
498
481
505
495
496
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
71
53
67
65
65
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
8
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
2
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
10
10
10
11
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
599
561
600
589
590
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 033
8 139
6 638
5 329
4 358
Petrol - Unleadedno.
81 715
79 837
88 499
88 937
91 674
Dieselno.
5 939
4 834
5 744
5 990
6 187
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
846
909
1 133
1 540
1 721
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
33.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0