National Regional Profile: Perth (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57080   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
24
28
4
13
8
Total dwelling unitsno.
429
559
365
855
771
Value of total residential building$m
101.6
131.3
57.9
173.2
170.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
120.0
483.3
148.5
280.1
400.7
Value of total building$m
221.6
614.6
206.4
453.3
571.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 547
1 906
1 644
2 129
2 780
Other vehiclesno.
622
790
936
1 092
1 370
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 169
2 696
2 580
3 221
4 150
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 461
11 240
12 323
16 454
18 938
Campervansno.
51
49
43
78
105
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 206
2 377
2 717
3 582
4 294
Light rigid trucksno.
94
107
125
201
247
Heavy rigid trucksno.
323
326
367
454
502
Articulated trucksno.
38
41
41
75
97
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
114
122
156
45
64
Busesno.
473
1 167
1 215
1 497
1 614
Motorcyclesno.
195
218
293
319
377
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 955
15 646
17 278
22 705
26 239
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 221
1 238
1 228
1 448
1 509
Campervansno.
6
5
4
7
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
258
262
271
315
342
Light rigid trucksno.
11
12
12
18
20
Heavy rigid trucksno.
38
36
37
40
40
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
4
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
13
16
4
5
Busesno.
55
129
121
132
129
Motorcyclesno.
23
24
29
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 629
1 723
1 722
1 999
2 091
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 138
1 008
910
910
821
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 143
10 922
12 027
16 037
18 623
Dieselno.
2 340
3 234
3 770
4 961
5 969
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
334
484
570
797
827
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