National Regional Profile: Central West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
913
805
1 091
978
740
Total dwelling unitsno.
972
865
1 229
1 166
856
Value of total residential building$m
154.7
159.2
234.8
241.1
191.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
78.3
85.3
92.5
92.6
169.6
Value of total building$m
233.0
244.5
327.2
333.7
361.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 559
3 822
4 213
4 125
3 980
Other vehiclesno.
3 018
3 186
3 680
3 936
3 719
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 575
7 009
7 896
8 062
7 701
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
78 604
80 357
82 994
83 797
85 345
Campervansno.
190
233
258
282
293
Light commercial vehiclesno.
29 349
30 186
31 426
31 961
32 806
Light rigid trucksno.
926
1 031
1 097
1 087
1 159
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 710
4 696
4 804
4 633
4 684
Articulated trucksno.
1 209
1 181
1 187
1 228
1 260
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
118
101
101
104
103
Busesno.
739
718
709
726
737
Motorcyclesno.
3 776
3 902
4 143
4 558
4 880
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
119 627
122 406
126 716
128 376
131 268
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
442
452
469
472
478
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
165
170
177
180
184
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
27
26
26
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
23
26
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
673
689
715
723
735
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
24 652
21 888
19 103
16 324
13 879
Petrol - Unleadedno.
72 887
77 549
83 333
87 191
91 257
Dieselno.
20 775
21 652
22 908
23 456
24 540
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 315
1 314
1 371
1 402
1 590
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 016 629.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 169 443.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 270.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 565.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 608.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
54 653.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 877 272
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
14 033
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
576 595
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
49 097
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0