National Regional Profile: West Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
42
30
37
23
49
Total dwelling unitsno.
44
31
44
25
68
Value of total residential building$m
4.2
3.6
5.8
3.9
11.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
2.1
2.8
5.7
11.0
Value of total building$m
6.2
5.7
8.6
9.5
22.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
51
65
47
64
75
Other vehiclesno.
119
106
148
149
134
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
169
171
195
212
209
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 735
2 778
2 873
2 882
2 933
Campervansno.
29
29
25
26
27
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 480
1 481
1 480
1 517
1 532
Light rigid trucksno.
20
27
29
33
34
Heavy rigid trucksno.
169
152
140
130
129
Articulated trucksno.
65
64
69
71
63
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
5
4
4
6
Busesno.
42
50
51
40
44
Motorcyclesno.
108
112
116
128
146
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 651
4 699
4 788
4 832
4 911
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
436
440
453
455
468
Campervansno.
5
5
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
236
235
233
239
244
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
24
22
21
21
Articulated trucksno.
10
10
11
11
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
8
8
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
18
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
741
745
754
762
783
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 325
1 132
984
811
671
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 123
2 282
2 452
2 597
2 749
Dieselno.
1 173
1 256
1 318
1 395
1 465
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
30
29
34
28
27
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 521 592.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
351 130.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 302.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
410 455
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 151
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
74
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0