National Regional Profile: Murrumbidgee (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 150155550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
13
11
6
7
7
Total dwelling unitsno.
13
11
6
7
7
Value of total residential building$m
1.9
1.9
1.2
1.1
1.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.1
0.3
0.0
4.1
1.6
Value of total building$m
4.0
2.2
1.2
5.2
2.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
46
46
44
40
34
Other vehiclesno.
92
50
60
63
61
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
138
97
104
103
95
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 103
1 110
1 124
1 115
1 114
Campervansno.
6
5
5
4
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
666
668
675
660
657
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
156
155
157
137
141
Articulated trucksno.
61
57
64
49
70
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
0
3
3
Busesno.
7
4
3
4
5
Motorcyclesno.
57
60
69
86
88
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 065
2 068
2 105
2 064
2 093
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
415
422
430
430
427
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
251
254
258
254
252
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
59
59
60
53
54
Articulated trucksno.
23
22
24
19
27
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
3
2
1
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
21
23
26
33
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
778
786
805
795
803
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
365
305
269
223
193
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 034
1 094
1 140
1 171
1 193
Dieselno.
637
640
666
642
680
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
29
28
30
29
27
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
176 580.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
48 416.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
129.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
508.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
508.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 148.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
134 137
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 647
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
29
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0