National Regional Profile: Wakefield (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 415108130   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
23
62
22
33
45
Total dwelling units no.
23
76
25
35
52

Value of private sector houses $m
2.4
7.2
2.3
4.7
6.2
Value of new residential building $m
2.4
9.3
2.5
4.8
6.8
Value of total residential building $m
3.1
10.1
3.6
5.2
7.5
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.2
3.2
2.9
2.5
14.5
Value of total building $m
5.3
13.3
6.5
7.8
22.0

Average value of private sector houses $'000
104.7
116.8
104.0
141.9
138.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
609
602
612
615
615
Campervans no.
5
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
223
225
234
234
233
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucks no.
49
46
45
43
44
Articulated trucks no.
24
24
23
23
26
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
2
Buses no.
5
5
6
5
5
Motorcycles no.
33
34
34
39
38
Total registered motor vehicles no.
952
944
961
967
970

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
1 147
1 112
1 104
1 047
1 010
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
1 370
1 428
1 491
1 577
1 600
10 years or older no.
3 679
3 649
3 729
3 755
3 836

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
120.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
27.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
5.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
152.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
368 479.1
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
179 827.5
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
300.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
89.4
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
94.9
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
51 548.7
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
187 221
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
1 384
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
11 536
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
25 423
-
-

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