National Regional Profile: Light (RegC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410053650   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
247
178
198
217
116
Total dwelling unitsno.
247
178
200
219
119
Value of total residential building$m
28.2
23.1
28.6
36.2
20.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.5
26.8
22.3
15.9
6.6
Value of total building$m
33.7
49.8
50.9
52.1
26.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
145
186
190
201
218
Other vehiclesno.
89
139
158
164
192
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
234
325
348
365
410
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 081
6 512
6 826
7 124
7 318
Campervansno.
42
41
39
42
43
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 453
1 521
1 585
1 653
1 747
Light rigid trucksno.
27
28
30
35
49
Heavy rigid trucksno.
374
371
378
395
398
Articulated trucksno.
69
71
73
79
79
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
10
8
8
9
Busesno.
28
29
30
33
32
Motorcyclesno.
290
298
310
319
326
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 374
8 880
9 278
9 688
10 001
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
557
562
569
574
570
Campervansno.
4
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
133
131
132
133
136
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
32
32
32
31
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
2
Motorcyclesno.
27
26
26
26
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
767
767
773
780
779
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 744
2 497
2 221
1 956
1 667
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 828
5 507
6 096
6 671
7 174
Dieselno.
696
766
856
956
1 058
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
106
111
105
105
101
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
129 175.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
46 682.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
401.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
66.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
69.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
17 165.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
143 454
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
716
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 722
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
79 701
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0