National Regional Profile: Kingston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304612   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
18
14
11
10
7
Total dwelling unitsno.
20
14
11
10
59
Value of total residential building$m
3.9
3.4
3.1
2.1
8.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.4
1.6
8.2
0.5
1.4
Value of total building$m
6.2
5.0
11.3
2.6
9.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
184
230
198
205
259
Other vehiclesno.
69
105
104
116
135
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
253
335
302
321
394
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 076
5 223
5 375
5 429
5 581
Campervansno.
14
16
16
16
16
Light commercial vehiclesno.
782
790
811
844
875
Light rigid trucksno.
44
45
42
45
47
Heavy rigid trucksno.
78
78
83
83
86
Articulated trucksno.
12
13
13
16
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
26
29
30
33
33
Motorcyclesno.
171
182
178
195
229
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 206
6 378
6 552
6 663
6 881
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
395
405
414
415
424
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
61
61
62
64
66
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
13
14
14
15
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
483
494
504
509
523
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 927
1 687
1 421
1 082
852
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 762
4 144
4 561
4 987
5 400
Dieselno.
376
403
423
443
466
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
141
144
146
151
162
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0