National Regional Profile: Barossa (DC) - Barossa (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410050314   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
83
96
72
74
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
83
96
72
77
74
Value of total residential building$m
10.6
13.1
13.4
13.3
12.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.6
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.8
Value of total building$m
17.2
13.4
13.7
13.8
13.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
75
102
100
105
120
Other vehiclesno.
94
79
102
123
102
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
169
182
202
228
221
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 453
4 665
4 784
4 903
5 036
Campervansno.
24
26
27
25
26
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 168
1 197
1 250
1 312
1 369
Light rigid trucksno.
32
35
33
35
38
Heavy rigid trucksno.
200
205
208
204
194
Articulated trucksno.
33
29
32
31
34
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
3
3
3
Busesno.
12
15
17
19
22
Motorcyclesno.
259
252
273
282
296
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 187
6 429
6 625
6 813
7 016
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
590
605
602
601
604
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
155
155
157
161
164
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
27
26
25
23
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
34
33
34
35
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
819
834
833
836
842
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 941
1 777
1 572
1 344
1 163
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 645
4 009
4 351
4 701
5 023
Dieselno.
523
573
630
703
762
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
77
70
72
65
68
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
34 834.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 986.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
104.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
104.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
811.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
63 332
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 278
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 156
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
10
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0