National Regional Profile: Palmerston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805406719   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
7
4
3
0
0
Total dwelling unitsno.
7
4
3
0
0
Value of total residential building$m
1.2
1.2
1.3
0.6
0.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.2
Value of total building$m
1.3
1.4
1.6
0.6
0.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
132
137
140
115
109
Other vehiclesno.
51
52
41
55
45
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
183
189
181
170
154
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 911
2 972
2 958
3 053
3 045
Campervansno.
4
4
3
5
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
255
276
270
286
280
Light rigid trucksno.
6
8
7
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
14
15
15
16
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
3
3
0
Busesno.
4
4
3
0
0
Motorcyclesno.
120
117
117
108
127
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 323
3 399
3 376
3 479
3 484
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
488
496
492
513
514
Campervansno.
1
1
0
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
43
46
45
48
47
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3
2
2
3
3
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
0
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
1
1
0
0
0
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
19
18
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
557
567
561
585
589
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
443
365
281
225
172
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 734
2 886
2 951
3 087
3 151
Dieselno.
82
87
86
100
104
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
64
61
57
67
58
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