National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410154551   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
375
232
210
191
242
Total dwelling units no.
375
275
210
256
312

Value of private sector houses $m
49.7
33.6
33.7
31.6
41.7
Value of new residential building $m
49.7
37.8
33.7
40.1
47.1
Value of total residential building $m
52.8
42.1
37.0
42.9
51.1
Value of total non-residential building $m
8.2
22.0
7.9
26.6
20.1
Value of total building $m
61.0
64.0
44.8
69.5
71.2

Average value of private sector houses $'000
132.6
144.8
160.3
165.7
172.4

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
585
582
585
593
607
Campervans no.
3
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
95
99
99
98
101
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
12
12
12
13
14
Articulated trucks no.
2
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcycles no.
18
17
19
22
23
Total registered motor vehicles no.
720
721
726
738
758

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 602
2 890
3 184
3 328
3 448
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 263
3 446
3 682
3 878
4 172
10 years or older no.
6 734
6 784
6 852
7 155
7 694

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
9.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
2.2
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.1
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
12.0
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
3 166.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
52.6
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
17.7
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
36.1
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
0.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
2 580
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
63
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
1 693
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

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