National Regional Profile: Perth (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
12 498
12 949
13 904
13 339
14 989
Total dwelling unitsno.
15 165
16 188
17 241
17 336
18 356
Value of total residential building$m
2 171.2
2 485.0
2 859.8
3 223.5
3 924.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
735.3
1 224.1
1 107.8
1 332.9
1 659.8
Value of total building$m
2 906.6
3 709.1
3 967.6
4 556.3
5 584.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
36 006
37 345
40 567
42 928
46 673
Other vehiclesno.
16 109
18 862
22 080
24 682
28 092
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
52 118
56 204
62 654
67 613
74 765
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
825 048
845 170
867 210
892 001
928 620
Campervansno.
4 255
4 471
4 398
4 419
4 330
Light commercial vehiclesno.
127 687
130 679
135 362
140 542
149 307
Light rigid trucksno.
4 734
4 883
5 203
5 566
6 057
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17 020
17 174
17 495
18 220
19 490
Articulated trucksno.
3 782
3 716
3 910
4 265
4 646
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1 586
1 781
1 826
1 895
2 052
Busesno.
6 125
5 907
5 977
6 090
6 447
Motorcyclesno.
30 955
31 689
33 678
36 460
41 137
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 021 192
1 045 464
1 075 056
1 109 459
1 162 078
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
584
589
594
600
611
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
90
91
93
95
98
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
13
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
22
22
23
25
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
722
728
736
747
765
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
212 527
184 728
156 928
132 041
110 343
Petrol - Unleadedno.
696 226
742 176
791 586
843 742
906 444
Dieselno.
86 990
91 778
98 668
105 891
116 615
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
25 450
26 788
27 869
27 785
28 676
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
78 740.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 508.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 929.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 584.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 774.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
128.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
40 654
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 596
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
25 800
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
11 281
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0