National Regional Profile: Western Australia   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA5   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
19 235
18 964
21 573
19 103
16 644
Total dwelling units no.
23 834
24 233
26 170
25 087
23 641

Value of private sector houses $m
2 947.4
3 244.1
4 240.5
4 470.2
4 382.5
Value of new residential building $m
3 569.6
4 111.4
5 124.5
5 952.5
6 627.4
Value of total residential building $m
3 893.8
4 470.7
5 608.9
6 462.2
7 220.9
Value of total non-residential building $m
1 530.7
1 978.4
2 346.6
2 758.5
5 447.2
Value of total building $m
5 424.5
6 449.1
7 955.5
9 220.7
12 668.1

Average value of private sector houses $'000
153.2
171.1
196.6
234.0
263.3

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
565
574
586
594
597
Campervans no.
4
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
118
120
124
127
131
Light rigid trucks no.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
19
19
20
20
21
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
2
2
2
2
2
Buses no.
5
5
5
6
6
Motorcycles no.
25
26
29
32
35
Total registered motor vehicles no.
746
758
778
795
805

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
345 561
365 623
417 928
475 797
519 366
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
387 255
403 073
407 163
416 124
432 142
10 years or older no.
745 271
761 087
777 205
787 021
796 951

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
3 931.5
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
1 213.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
649.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
5 794.4
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
98 652 515.2
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
6 272 716.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
9 260.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
11 456.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
12 069.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
1 231 102.5
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
22 129 245
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
115 721
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
2 275 220
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
296 058
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0