National Regional Profile: Murray (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510016230   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
184
224
175
170
259
Total dwelling unitsno.
189
228
180
170
293
Value of total residential building$m
22.3
28.5
25.8
28.5
53.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.3
3.3
4.7
11.4
6.9
Value of total building$m
24.6
31.7
30.4
39.9
60.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
164
169
220
234
265
Other vehiclesno.
131
144
183
230
237
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
295
313
403
464
502
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 378
6 690
6 967
7 225
7 559
Campervansno.
87
89
98
99
95
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 728
1 799
1 827
1 909
1 989
Light rigid trucksno.
55
51
60
65
66
Heavy rigid trucksno.
260
286
294
307
320
Articulated trucksno.
41
36
35
37
43
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
21
19
20
26
23
Busesno.
69
67
71
71
76
Motorcyclesno.
341
351
365
404
440
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 979
9 388
9 738
10 142
10 611
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
569
574
582
585
602
Campervansno.
8
8
8
8
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
154
154
153
155
158
Light rigid trucksno.
5
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
25
25
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
30
30
30
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
801
805
814
822
845
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 243
2 022
1 789
1 491
1 245
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 885
5 387
5 800
6 373
6 961
Dieselno.
1 363
1 486
1 634
1 767
1 872
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
487
493
514
512
534
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
55 467.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
300.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
4.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
262.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
266.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
45.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
10 044
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 444
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
44 998
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
43 672
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0