National Regional Profile: Avon (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 52510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
135
124
176
144
220
Total dwelling unitsno.
153
145
198
174
234
Value of total residential building$m
18.2
18.6
23.7
26.4
40.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.5
8.2
9.5
13.6
10.1
Value of total building$m
22.6
26.8
33.2
40.1
50.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
537
419
497
588
602
Other vehiclesno.
533
513
655
622
667
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 072
933
1 153
1 210
1 270
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 043
14 154
14 289
14 675
15 222
Campervansno.
128
163
160
162
182
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 695
6 746
6 930
7 130
7 296
Light rigid trucksno.
206
221
221
223
262
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 413
2 428
2 480
2 471
2 469
Articulated trucksno.
426
384
398
412
437
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
148
162
160
141
152
Busesno.
188
184
174
193
194
Motorcyclesno.
962
904
909
931
1 025
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
25 208
25 348
25 727
26 335
27 239
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
492
499
508
521
542
Campervansno.
4
6
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
235
238
247
253
260
Light rigid trucksno.
7
8
8
8
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
85
86
88
88
88
Articulated trucksno.
15
14
14
15
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
6
6
5
5
Busesno.
7
6
6
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
34
32
32
33
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
883
893
915
935
970
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 957
6 320
5 616
5 106
4 561
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 487
11 974
12 636
13 410
14 474
Dieselno.
6 211
6 477
6 850
7 175
7 509
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
554
576
623
643
695
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 650 044.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 096 550.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
169.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
170.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
176 342.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 536 732
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
139
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
39 124
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
19 709
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0