National Regional Profile: Barossa (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA40310   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
227
208
189
188
186
Total dwelling units no.
260
404
207
205
203

Value of private sector houses $m
33.2
31.1
29.8
32.4
30.4
Value of new residential building $m
37.4
41.7
32.2
34.4
33.1
Value of total residential building $m
42.9
46.8
36.7
38.2
37.7
Value of total non-residential building $m
14.4
48.0
9.1
13.8
9.5
Value of total building $m
57.3
94.8
45.7
52.0
47.1

Average value of private sector houses $'000
146.4
149.7
157.8
172.5
163.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
616
610
615
615
617
Campervans no.
4
3
3
3
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
159
159
162
164
161
Light rigid trucks no.
4
4
5
4
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
31
30
29
29
28
Articulated trucks no.
6
6
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
0
0
1
0
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
33
33
35
38
39
Total registered motor vehicles no.
857
851
861
864
863

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
3 411
3 575
3 891
4 025
3 876
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
4 285
4 470
4 541
4 722
4 757
10 years or older no.
9 734
9 669
9 812
9 936
10 374

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
57.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
4.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
5.7
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
67.7
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
61 220.2
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
4 605.3
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
4.4
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
191.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
191.7
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
1 238.9
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
96 875
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
2 136
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
10 273
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
664
-
-

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