National Regional Profile: Mitchell (S) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 240204854   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
394
394
389
283
215
Total dwelling unitsno.
416
407
419
311
228
Value of total residential building$m
62.4
67.8
73.1
60.0
46.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.8
3.7
22.0
9.4
18.6
Value of total building$m
67.2
71.5
95.1
69.3
64.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
270
324
347
357
382
Other vehiclesno.
240
364
322
381
352
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
511
688
670
737
734
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 135
10 734
11 252
11 856
12 439
Campervansno.
47
50
58
61
59
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 778
2 985
3 151
3 299
3 481
Light rigid trucksno.
88
97
101
114
126
Heavy rigid trucksno.
475
504
485
500
529
Articulated trucksno.
188
178
188
196
192
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
29
23
30
34
38
Busesno.
57
66
60
60
59
Motorcyclesno.
723
707
739
810
894
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 520
15 343
16 062
16 931
17 817
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
574
572
572
578
591
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
159
160
161
165
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
27
25
24
25
Articulated trucksno.
11
9
10
10
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
2
2
Busesno.
3
4
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
41
38
38
39
42
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
822
818
816
825
847
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 513
3 156
2 775
2 461
2 113
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 104
9 129
10 124
11 159
12 132
Dieselno.
1 338
1 519
1 662
1 848
2 049
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 566
1 539
1 502
1 463
1 523
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
36 190.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
96.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
41.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
44.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
31.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
53 179
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
14 235
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0