National Regional Profile: Northam (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525106732   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
33
35
38
27
32
Total dwelling units no.
33
35
42
30
39

Value of private sector houses $m
3.0
3.8
4.7
3.1
5.5
Value of new residential building $m
3.0
3.8
5.4
3.1
6.6
Value of total residential building $m
3.6
4.4
6.5
4.3
7.7
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.9
0.5
0.2
1.0
0.5
Value of total building $m
6.5
4.9
6.6
5.3
8.2

Average value of private sector houses $'000
90.8
109.7
123.2
116.0
171.2

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
557
561
589
628
636
Campervans no.
6
6
7
8
8
Light commercial vehicles no.
234
239
241
252
253
Light rigid trucks no.
7
7
7
9
11
Heavy rigid trucks no.
53
52
50
51
54
Articulated trucks no.
7
7
8
11
14
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
3
3
4
4
5
Buses no.
6
5
5
5
5
Motorcycles no.
38
41
48
57
61
Total registered motor vehicles no.
912
922
959
1 025
1 047

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
506
541
627
751
897
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
784
815
837
860
863
10 years or older no.
2 157
2 232
2 358
2 496
2 525

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
18.9
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
8.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
5.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
32.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
106 078.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
23 185.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1.2
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
57.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
58.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
6 126.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
255 193
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
5 536
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
794
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0