National Regional Profile: Palmerston (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA72800   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
207
105
151
266
347
Total dwelling unitsno.
272
127
169
341
387
Value of total residential building$m
39.0
21.7
35.0
73.2
95.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.5
7.0
7.2
21.1
26.3
Value of total building$m
47.5
28.7
42.1
94.3
121.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
338
334
374
414
465
Other vehiclesno.
206
230
255
365
405
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
541
564
628
781
870
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 551
8 654
8 975
9 265
9 805
Campervansno.
3
21
15
15
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 163
2 272
2 433
2 628
2 823
Light rigid trucksno.
18
30
34
38
42
Heavy rigid trucksno.
142
137
130
134
143
Articulated trucksno.
23
18
32
50
61
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
12
15
18
15
Busesno.
94
101
102
122
119
Motorcyclesno.
472
474
474
477
565
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 487
11 715
12 213
12 740
13 581
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
374
377
385
385
386
Campervansno.
0
1
1
1
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
95
99
104
109
111
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
20
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
503
510
524
530
535
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 542
1 290
1 145
962
797
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 243
8 667
9 184
9 683
10 499
Dieselno.
1 498
1 561
1 696
1 912
2 102
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
205
198
186
182
183
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.1
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