National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
368
382
426
265
250
Total dwelling unitsno.
374
391
426
308
250
Value of total residential building$m
41.0
48.8
60.8
48.8
46.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.9
18.6
9.8
22.9
8.8
Value of total building$m
57.9
67.4
70.6
71.7
55.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
506
493
567
520
555
Other vehiclesno.
319
359
392
416
340
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
825
852
960
936
895
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 530
14 163
14 650
15 136
15 722
Campervansno.
70
67
78
65
61
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 492
2 543
2 625
2 786
2 875
Light rigid trucksno.
71
78
74
75
90
Heavy rigid trucksno.
332
330
334
344
359
Articulated trucksno.
96
71
77
86
91
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
15
18
18
21
Busesno.
40
44
47
48
44
Motorcyclesno.
450
478
492
480
543
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 096
17 790
18 395
19 037
19 806
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
552
561
562
564
569
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
102
101
101
104
104
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
13
13
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
4
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
19
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
697
704
706
710
717
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 820
4 147
3 578
3 023
2 575
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 062
12 363
13 376
14 376
15 385
Dieselno.
1 065
1 126
1 282
1 477
1 683
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
150
155
160
161
163
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
33 448.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
426.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
211.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
38.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
66.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
107.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
39 183
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 314
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
16 014
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0