National Regional Profile: Central Murrumbidgee (excl. Wagga Wagga) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
147
174
254
260
227
Total dwelling unitsno.
156
183
277
276
242
Value of total residential building$m
25.4
33.6
50.4
59.2
55.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
11.3
21.9
15.7
22.6
26.9
Value of total building$m
36.8
55.5
66.1
81.8
82.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
930
894
964
919
864
Other vehiclesno.
893
785
970
1 060
936
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 825
1 679
1 932
1 980
1 800
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
23 200
23 461
24 072
24 347
24 775
Campervansno.
59
65
74
82
94
Light commercial vehiclesno.
9 621
9 828
10 150
10 324
10 540
Light rigid trucksno.
227
235
253
279
283
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 917
1 907
1 929
1 939
1 958
Articulated trucksno.
538
498
532
561
584
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
42
29
30
31
35
Busesno.
233
232
238
239
238
Motorcyclesno.
1 030
1 066
1 141
1 163
1 233
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 861
37 320
38 417
38 962
39 738
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
430
438
453
459
465
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
178
183
191
195
198
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
36
36
36
37
37
Articulated trucksno.
10
9
10
11
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
683
697
724
734
746
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 925
6 961
6 141
5 239
4 462
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 413
21 611
23 076
24 138
25 292
Dieselno.
7 833
8 083
8 569
8 945
9 293
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
688
668
632
645
689
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 300 408.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
662 273.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
687.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 736.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 736.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
72 459.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 361 119
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 093
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
382 571
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
58 667
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0