National Regional Profile: Palmerston-East Arm (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 70510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
207
105
151
266
347
Total dwelling unitsno.
272
127
169
342
387
Value of total residential building$m
39.0
21.7
35.0
73.2
95.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.8
15.6
25.7
31.2
38.6
Value of total building$m
53.8
37.2
60.6
104.4
133.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
341
337
374
417
468
Other vehiclesno.
209
233
258
368
405
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
545
568
632
785
874
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 579
8 680
9 002
9 295
9 836
Campervansno.
3
21
15
15
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 172
2 281
2 442
2 639
2 835
Light rigid trucksno.
18
30
34
38
42
Heavy rigid trucksno.
142
137
130
134
143
Articulated trucksno.
23
18
32
50
61
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
12
15
18
15
Busesno.
97
101
102
125
119
Motorcyclesno.
472
477
477
477
568
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 528
11 754
12 253
12 787
13 628
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
368
370
378
379
380
Campervansno.
0
1
1
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
93
97
103
108
110
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
5
5
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
20
19
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
495
501
515
521
526
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 547
1 294
1 148
965
800
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 271
8 694
9 212
9 716
10 533
Dieselno.
1 505
1 569
1 704
1 923
2 113
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
208
198
186
182
183
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.1
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