National Regional Profile: North West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 355   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
44
18
14
25
23
Total dwelling unitsno.
70
36
23
46
27
Value of total residential building$m
11.4
7.0
5.5
10.5
8.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.2
14.4
10.2
6.0
16.9
Value of total building$m
26.6
21.4
15.7
16.5
25.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
417
395
431
466
519
Other vehiclesno.
840
823
901
1 307
1 292
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 258
1 218
1 333
1 773
1 811
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 104
10 900
10 898
11 203
11 626
Campervansno.
41
40
39
35
55
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 141
6 094
6 104
6 261
6 577
Light rigid trucksno.
164
196
212
247
255
Heavy rigid trucksno.
940
952
952
955
985
Articulated trucksno.
253
269
280
317
330
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
32
26
20
23
25
Busesno.
202
205
171
180
192
Motorcyclesno.
1 028
1 017
995
1 000
1 058
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 905
19 697
19 671
20 224
21 100
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
329
326
328
336
350
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
182
182
184
188
198
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
29
29
30
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
8
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
30
30
30
30
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
589
588
593
607
635
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 116
2 664
2 304
1 948
1 697
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 156
10 153
10 401
10 959
11 651
Dieselno.
6 468
6 737
6 827
7 178
7 591
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
164
144
139
145
160
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
27 667 315.2
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
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
195 067
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 927 256
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0