National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410154551   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
301
324
375
232
210
Total dwelling unitsno.
307
333
375
275
210
Value of total residential building$m
33.6
42.0
52.8
42.1
37.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.9
18.4
8.2
22.0
7.9
Value of total building$m
49.5
60.4
61.0
64.0
44.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
395
375
439
411
440
Other vehiclesno.
237
256
300
316
245
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
632
631
740
727
685
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 130
9 652
10 106
10 507
10 970
Campervansno.
44
42
47
41
39
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 511
1 576
1 640
1 775
1 858
Light rigid trucksno.
51
59
53
55
69
Heavy rigid trucksno.
192
196
204
212
230
Articulated trucksno.
62
38
41
49
53
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
12
14
14
17
Busesno.
20
33
37
36
32
Motorcyclesno.
268
289
309
308
351
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 291
11 898
12 451
12 997
13 619
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
568
578
577
577
580
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
94
94
94
97
98
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
4
2
2
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
1
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
18
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
702
712
711
714
720
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 095
2 684
2 336
1 997
1 697
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 477
8 438
9 219
9 952
10 728
Dieselno.
639
684
799
946
1 090
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
81
92
98
102
103
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
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 cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 580
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
63
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 693
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0