National Regional Profile: Perth (C) - Remainder (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505057082   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
24
27
4
13
8
Total dwelling unitsno.
334
394
365
663
522
Value of total residential building$m
83.1
94.8
57.9
139.9
111.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
71.8
100.1
55.0
52.1
76.6
Value of total building$m
154.8
194.9
112.9
192.0
188.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 179
1 574
1 283
1 722
2 187
Other vehiclesno.
460
623
697
842
967
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 639
2 197
1 980
2 564
3 154
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 516
9 264
9 656
13 844
15 642
Campervansno.
41
39
34
47
55
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 669
1 809
1 944
2 920
3 419
Light rigid trucksno.
78
86
91
175
212
Heavy rigid trucksno.
223
236
248
338
362
Articulated trucksno.
24
30
28
40
45
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
54
58
69
33
44
Busesno.
247
1 111
1 134
1 431
1 514
Motorcyclesno.
169
193
250
264
306
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 021
12 826
13 453
19 092
21 599
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 096
1 125
1 057
1 334
1 374
Campervansno.
5
5
4
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
215
220
213
281
300
Light rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
17
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
29
27
33
32
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
3
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
7
8
3
4
Busesno.
32
135
124
138
133
Motorcyclesno.
22
23
27
25
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 418
1 557
1 473
1 839
1 897
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
971
863
764
723
601
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 239
9 019
9 465
13 505
15 460
Dieselno.
1 552
2 551
2 796
4 212
4 860
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
260
394
427
652
678
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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