National Regional Profile: Port Augusta (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435206090   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
20
19
42
82
78
Total dwelling unitsno.
21
20
43
84
103
Value of total residential building$m
3.2
2.9
6.3
13.0
14.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.5
6.0
1.2
8.8
26.8
Value of total building$m
4.7
8.9
7.5
21.9
40.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
260
230
210
223
209
Other vehiclesno.
166
147
187
217
197
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
426
377
397
440
406
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 982
6 125
6 279
6 423
6 551
Campervansno.
29
25
24
26
27
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 567
1 587
1 600
1 640
1 705
Light rigid trucksno.
30
29
33
27
32
Heavy rigid trucksno.
147
142
143
145
149
Articulated trucksno.
26
22
23
24
30
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
4
6
4
4
Busesno.
38
39
44
39
41
Motorcyclesno.
293
289
296
289
316
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 119
8 263
8 447
8 617
8 855
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
436
436
444
450
459
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
114
113
113
115
120
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
10
10
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
21
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
591
589
598
603
621
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 362
2 123
1 850
1 504
1 281
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 974
5 332
5 737
6 186
6 549
Dieselno.
738
753
814
869
964
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
46
54
46
58
61
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
18 940.6
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.
-
-
-
-
7 226
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
159
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0