National Regional Profile: West Torrens (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 405108414   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
145
91
119
88
98
Total dwelling unitsno.
180
99
163
142
115
Value of total residential building$m
23.6
18.2
24.1
23.3
25.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.3
24.6
245.1
88.4
27.1
Value of total building$m
37.8
42.9
269.3
111.7
52.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
575
626
656
650
657
Other vehiclesno.
225
253
284
293
303
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
800
879
940
942
961
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 981
15 969
16 078
16 269
16 427
Campervansno.
63
68
62
68
63
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 284
1 282
1 354
1 457
1 486
Light rigid trucksno.
61
58
61
63
66
Heavy rigid trucksno.
200
184
194
204
197
Articulated trucksno.
20
17
21
26
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
69
58
55
57
57
Busesno.
24
22
20
303
315
Motorcyclesno.
375
379
410
432
464
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
18 078
18 037
18 256
18 878
19 102
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
555
553
555
559
560
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
45
44
47
50
51
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
6
7
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
1
1
1
10
11
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
14
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
628
624
630
648
651
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 785
3 982
3 350
2 813
2 329
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 654
13 395
14 177
14 986
15 602
Dieselno.
507
523
578
866
947
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
132
137
150
214
225
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1.9
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0