National Regional Profile: North Western (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
406
378
398
448
407
Total dwelling unitsno.
493
441
492
557
476
Value of total residential building$m
73.8
77.8
101.8
115.5
106.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
59.0
56.0
54.8
140.4
42.5
Value of total building$m
132.9
133.8
156.5
255.8
149.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 298
2 084
2 356
2 327
2 037
Other vehiclesno.
2 549
2 163
2 701
2 922
2 820
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 847
4 246
5 057
5 248
4 858
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
47 789
48 130
48 820
49 306
50 044
Campervansno.
144
170
166
171
164
Light commercial vehiclesno.
21 084
21 355
21 895
22 232
22 850
Light rigid trucksno.
648
697
723
776
817
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 391
3 380
3 437
3 426
3 467
Articulated trucksno.
833
820
846
895
907
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
112
101
79
78
75
Busesno.
502
498
519
537
516
Motorcyclesno.
2 064
2 116
2 255
2 368
2 578
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
76 563
77 261
78 746
79 778
81 416
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
402
409
419
426
432
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
177
181
188
192
197
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
29
30
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
644
657
676
689
703
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
14 784
12 885
11 135
9 407
7 950
Petrol - Unleadedno.
43 902
45 987
48 520
50 644
52 977
Dieselno.
17 265
17 767
18 437
19 088
19 799
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
616
623
654
642
689
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16 769 104.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 318 960.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
347.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 605.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 608.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
110 160.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 780 487
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 372
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
734 122
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
20 857
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0