National Regional Profile: South Australia   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 4   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
8 916
8 114
7 852
8 092
10 058
Total dwelling units no.
12 019
11 143
11 458
10 818
13 380

Value of private sector houses $m
1 235.4
1 217.5
1 260.3
1 359.5
1 743.3
Value of new residential building $m
1 611.4
1 664.7
1 774.2
1 756.5
2 363.6
Value of total residential building $m
1 906.9
1 973.6
2 132.6
2 065.4
2 707.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
1 244.0
1 164.7
1 275.5
1 197.1
2 176.5
Value of total building $m
3 150.9
3 138.3
3 408.1
3 262.5
4 883.8

Average value of private sector houses $'000
138.6
150.0
160.5
168.0
173.3

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
576
578
584
585
579
Campervans no.
3
3
3
3
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
89
91
93
94
95
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucks no.
14
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
19
20
22
23
24
Total registered motor vehicles no.
712
716
726
730
726

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
235 946
247 557
263 362
269 398
257 224
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
268 600
276 178
285 287
293 153
298 903
10 years or older no.
585 766
583 199
584 788
590 381
604 795

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
3 093.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
845.8
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
469.7
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
4 409.2
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
55 408 492.4
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
3 420 990.3
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
15 217.9
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
20 353.2
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
20 583.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
522 278.1
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
11 330 849
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
168 402
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
1 160 717
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
403 460
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0