National Regional Profile: Palm Beach (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103573   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
5
12
15
15
19
Total dwelling unitsno.
95
112
92
55
55
Value of total residential building$m
14.9
22.2
19.2
15.4
19.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.1
0.9
0.5
0.3
2.2
Value of total building$m
19.0
23.1
19.7
15.8
21.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
215
267
264
265
260
Other vehiclesno.
101
132
182
195
184
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
316
400
446
461
443
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 369
7 656
7 779
7 943
8 149
Campervansno.
28
34
39
43
42
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 061
1 112
1 207
1 265
1 357
Light rigid trucksno.
34
33
39
44
48
Heavy rigid trucksno.
59
58
67
72
66
Articulated trucksno.
8
6
7
8
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
0
0
Busesno.
30
31
23
28
30
Motorcyclesno.
216
219
248
268
324
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 807
9 152
9 410
9 673
10 029
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
540
552
554
557
561
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
78
80
86
89
93
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
1
0
0
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
18
19
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
645
660
670
678
690
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 922
1 676
1 381
1 120
894
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 266
6 811
7 322
7 789
8 319
Dieselno.
457
497
544
605
649
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
162
168
163
159
167
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0