National Regional Profile: Gascoyne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 53505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
54
32
22
27
35
Total dwelling unitsno.
64
60
31
32
61
Value of total residential building$m
9.7
10.7
6.3
6.8
12.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.2
8.7
8.9
14.7
30.4
Value of total building$m
15.9
19.5
15.2
21.4
42.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
77
77
86
67
87
Other vehiclesno.
117
152
141
157
167
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
196
228
228
226
255
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 666
3 713
3 710
3 760
3 882
Campervansno.
70
69
75
86
85
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 885
1 903
1 869
1 887
1 966
Light rigid trucksno.
48
53
51
59
73
Heavy rigid trucksno.
253
250
261
256
272
Articulated trucksno.
66
64
61
61
58
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
24
25
24
24
Busesno.
120
117
104
111
123
Motorcyclesno.
226
203
199
222
271
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 358
6 396
6 352
6 469
6 757
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
358
367
381
390
405
Campervansno.
7
7
8
9
9
Light commercial vehiclesno.
184
188
192
196
205
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
27
27
28
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
3
2
3
Busesno.
12
12
11
12
13
Motorcyclesno.
22
20
20
23
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
622
632
652
670
705
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 580
1 396
1 189
1 017
922
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 678
2 816
2 944
3 145
3 413
Dieselno.
1 957
2 029
2 067
2 149
2 267
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
145
156
153
158
154
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
11 005 741.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
866.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
280.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
511.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
248 772
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
98 496
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
24
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0