National Regional Profile: South Wimmera (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
163
180
215
240
200
Total dwelling unitsno.
167
180
223
247
204
Value of total residential building$m
27.5
31.4
40.8
49.4
44.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.1
12.4
23.9
25.6
13.0
Value of total building$m
43.6
43.7
64.7
74.9
57.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
808
769
825
744
695
Other vehiclesno.
581
574
653
654
639
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 391
1 343
1 479
1 397
1 333
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 784
19 990
20 083
20 405
20 588
Campervansno.
82
95
105
109
108
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 784
7 916
8 043
8 186
8 360
Light rigid trucksno.
134
145
153
170
181
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 671
1 656
1 640
1 634
1 613
Articulated trucksno.
478
486
507
523
566
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
85
71
76
74
71
Busesno.
229
223
215
201
196
Motorcyclesno.
1 316
975
995
1 016
1 054
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 564
31 556
31 817
32 319
32 735
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
545
555
560
567
571
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
214
220
224
228
232
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
46
46
46
45
45
Articulated trucksno.
13
14
14
15
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
5
Motorcyclesno.
36
27
28
28
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
870
877
887
899
908
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 227
8 103
7 101
6 176
5 370
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 605
17 393
18 349
19 418
20 201
Dieselno.
4 412
4 727
5 056
5 432
5 802
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 319
1 334
1 309
1 294
1 360
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 420 195.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
277 922.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 080.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
942.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
943.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
123 544.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 523 617
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 920
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
57 801
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
81 790
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0