National Regional Profile: Riverland (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 42005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
227
210
170
210
249
Total dwelling unitsno.
273
219
186
232
255
Value of total residential building$m
29.7
29.8
28.4
40.5
45.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
24.3
10.0
19.7
17.6
12.5
Value of total building$m
54.0
39.8
48.1
58.1
58.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
735
784
783
752
631
Other vehiclesno.
578
616
659
682
607
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 311
1 398
1 440
1 437
1 233
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
23 549
23 734
23 848
23 964
24 300
Campervansno.
173
196
200
193
213
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 457
7 531
7 590
7 639
7 708
Light rigid trucksno.
127
135
132
146
161
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 189
1 148
1 090
1 033
1 031
Articulated trucksno.
453
488
508
548
552
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
30
29
26
23
Busesno.
135
134
135
143
148
Motorcyclesno.
1 237
1 200
1 194
1 224
1 274
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
34 348
34 592
34 727
34 919
35 413
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
562
569
573
574
582
Campervansno.
4
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
178
180
182
183
184
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
26
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
11
12
12
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
30
29
29
29
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
819
829
835
837
848
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 569
10 195
8 815
7 499
6 489
Petrol - Unleadedno.
19 020
20 324
21 532
22 751
23 963
Dieselno.
3 477
3 785
4 103
4 406
4 692
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
281
289
279
264
268
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 659 398.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
383 613.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 709.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
13 167.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
13 209.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 166.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
526 920
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 021
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
17 873
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
83 376
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0