National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105456354   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
285
240
133
55
49
Total dwelling unitsno.
401
383
380
112
78
Value of total residential building$m
70.6
70.8
67.9
30.0
28.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
51.2
33.7
36.6
63.7
32.4
Value of total building$m
121.8
104.4
104.4
93.6
60.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 197
2 173
2 689
2 780
2 721
Other vehiclesno.
1 302
1 356
1 602
1 527
1 516
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 499
3 529
4 291
4 308
4 238
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
37 069
38 572
39 842
39 985
40 879
Campervansno.
58
79
82
89
91
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 731
6 135
6 435
6 607
6 750
Light rigid trucksno.
394
417
453
498
496
Heavy rigid trucksno.
817
862
938
960
945
Articulated trucksno.
130
138
157
174
148
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
40
33
32
54
47
Busesno.
143
147
148
155
154
Motorcyclesno.
1 441
1 511
1 543
1 547
1 649
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
45 822
47 894
49 630
50 069
51 159
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
459
476
494
495
505
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
71
76
80
82
83
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
11
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
19
19
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
567
592
616
620
632
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 704
4 781
3 954
3 239
2 670
Petrol - Unleadedno.
36 534
39 265
41 457
42 428
43 995
Dieselno.
2 920
3 099
3 425
3 630
3 768
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
665
749
795
772
725
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 291.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
65.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
40.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
40.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
333
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
615
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0