National Regional Profile: Kangaroo Island (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410102750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
83
92
104
89
55
Total dwelling unitsno.
100
103
109
94
67
Value of total residential building$m
10.7
12.4
13.1
13.6
10.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.0
10.3
2.6
10.9
3.8
Value of total building$m
11.7
22.7
15.7
24.5
14.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
30
33
48
26
37
Other vehiclesno.
81
79
103
92
75
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
111
112
151
118
112
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 339
2 399
2 417
2 457
2 544
Campervansno.
32
30
26
26
24
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 122
1 205
1 281
1 298
1 318
Light rigid trucksno.
18
22
21
23
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
134
135
142
147
148
Articulated trucksno.
43
49
47
45
44
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
0
3
Busesno.
31
28
25
26
25
Motorcyclesno.
104
115
108
108
108
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 824
3 984
4 068
4 131
4 240
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
541
556
553
556
572
Campervansno.
7
7
6
6
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
260
279
293
294
296
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
31
33
33
33
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
11
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
24
27
25
24
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
885
924
931
935
954
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 363
1 210
1 004
826
699
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 872
2 093
2 303
2 462
2 636
Dieselno.
565
654
736
819
872
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
24
27
25
24
33
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
218 662.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
9 984.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
25.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
26.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 782.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
681 356
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
28 630
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
363
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0