National Regional Profile: The Gap (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071567   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
50
36
24
13
20
Total dwelling unitsno.
50
36
24
13
20
Value of total residential building$m
13.7
11.9
12.4
12.9
14.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.8
8.7
1.4
1.0
1.9
Value of total building$m
16.5
20.7
13.8
14.0
16.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
324
363
391
404
439
Other vehiclesno.
181
188
203
218
229
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
505
550
594
623
668
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 654
8 772
8 960
8 983
9 112
Campervansno.
17
22
21
22
27
Light commercial vehiclesno.
822
842
831
861
922
Light rigid trucksno.
23
24
23
25
23
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
32
29
30
38
Articulated trucksno.
3
0
0
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
13
13
13
12
9
Motorcyclesno.
291
295
321
336
373
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 851
10 001
10 198
10 270
10 506
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
543
548
558
560
568
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
52
53
52
54
58
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
20
21
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
618
625
635
640
655
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 605
1 352
1 138
931
692
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 766
8 105
8 509
8 776
9 175
Dieselno.
379
431
451
464
530
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
101
114
100
99
109
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2.6
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