National Regional Profile: Lower Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 515   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
464
465
522
494
394
Total dwelling units no.
498
585
637
600
434

Value of private sector houses $m
63.2
67.5
92.0
99.9
93.9
Value of new residential building $m
68.1
83.3
111.8
120.2
101.0
Value of total residential building $m
75.2
91.9
125.7
135.8
119.5
Value of total non-residential building $m
44.5
42.6
30.6
39.0
61.9
Value of total building $m
119.7
134.6
156.3
174.8
181.4

Average value of private sector houses $'000
136.1
145.3
176.3
202.2
238.4

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
516
527
542
561
564
Campervans no.
6
6
6
5
5
Light commercial vehicles no.
212
214
217
222
226
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucks no.
50
49
49
49
49
Articulated trucks no.
9
9
9
9
11
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
4
4
4
5
5
Buses no.
7
7
7
6
7
Motorcycles no.
34
35
38
42
46
Total registered motor vehicles no.
842
855
877
905
918

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
8 708
8 218
9 713
10 865
11 594
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
11 612
12 394
11 746
11 718
12 038
10 years or older no.
25 639
26 590
27 451
28 499
29 109

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
405.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
194.8
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
136.2
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
736.7
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
2 691 715.4
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
601 065.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
304.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
752.5
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
821.9
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
180 439.6
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
5 522 972
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
8 024
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
238 760
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
53 665
-
-

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