National Regional Profile: Kimberley (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 545   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
186
137
199
167
172
Total dwelling units no.
250
321
333
343
309

Value of private sector houses $m
35.3
31.3
49.7
50.4
60.0
Value of new residential building $m
48.1
81.5
87.7
109.1
105.2
Value of total residential building $m
52.5
88.7
94.2
112.3
114.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
41.9
42.7
105.0
160.9
85.2
Value of total building $m
94.4
131.4
199.2
273.2
199.5

Average value of private sector houses $'000
189.5
228.8
249.7
301.8
349.0

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
258
273
291
307
308
Campervans no.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
134
139
144
145
148
Light rigid trucks no.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
21
21
21
22
23
Articulated trucks no.
3
3
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
2
Buses no.
20
20
21
21
21
Motorcycles no.
22
23
27
31
36
Total registered motor vehicles no.
468
490
518
539
549

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 679
2 843
3 473
3 971
4 442
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 767
3 842
3 816
3 962
4 083
10 years or older no.
8 509
8 938
9 246
9 991
10 226

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
59.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
83.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
1.1
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
143.8
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
20 022 102.2
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
1 336.7
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1 554.5
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
546.2
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
591.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
6 346.6
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
0
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
677 466
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

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