National Regional Profile: West Mallee (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 23010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
14
11
24
24
33
Total dwelling unitsno.
14
12
27
25
34
Value of total residential building$m
2.4
2.7
5.0
5.7
7.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.9
1.2
1.9
1.3
3.0
Value of total building$m
5.4
3.9
6.9
7.1
10.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
206
135
150
126
170
Other vehiclesno.
257
162
226
177
182
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
463
299
377
303
352
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 268
6 244
6 221
6 192
6 096
Campervansno.
28
32
29
28
28
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 311
3 291
3 330
3 326
3 309
Light rigid trucksno.
39
42
49
47
47
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 065
1 036
1 023
995
937
Articulated trucksno.
446
437
466
474
473
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
7
11
12
7
Busesno.
83
78
83
82
80
Motorcyclesno.
447
288
279
280
280
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 699
11 456
11 489
11 434
11 259
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
545
552
558
560
555
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
288
291
299
301
301
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
93
92
92
90
85
Articulated trucksno.
39
39
42
43
43
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
39
25
25
25
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 018
1 013
1 031
1 033
1 024
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 583
3 123
2 804
2 483
2 158
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 258
5 405
5 602
5 807
5 905
Dieselno.
2 515
2 598
2 757
2 832
2 885
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
342
328
326
311
312
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 636 163.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
760 416.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
516.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 826.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 826.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
56 839.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
663 885
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
200
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
30 333
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
34 457
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0