National Regional Profile: Murray-Darling (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
35
64
54
66
37
Total dwelling unitsno.
35
64
63
73
45
Value of total residential building$m
5.9
11.3
13.0
16.5
10.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.8
3.0
2.5
1.3
1.4
Value of total building$m
7.7
14.3
15.6
17.8
11.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
136
146
148
149
128
Other vehiclesno.
209
190
220
225
199
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
345
336
368
374
328
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 761
3 791
3 907
3 932
3 940
Campervansno.
8
12
11
11
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 939
1 975
2 042
2 033
2 009
Light rigid trucksno.
28
25
29
34
35
Heavy rigid trucksno.
178
187
184
183
173
Articulated trucksno.
94
110
105
102
86
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
6
6
6
3
Busesno.
55
52
52
57
55
Motorcyclesno.
137
129
127
148
180
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 205
6 286
6 463
6 506
6 494
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
381
388
405
409
409
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
196
202
212
211
209
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
19
19
19
18
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
11
11
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
0
Busesno.
6
5
5
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
14
13
13
15
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
629
644
670
677
674
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 250
1 069
950
816
689
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 397
3 593
3 810
3 938
4 037
Dieselno.
1 376
1 447
1 517
1 575
1 581
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
182
178
186
177
187
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 310 147.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
113 836.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
476.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 227.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 233.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 178.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
727 584
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
27 800
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
42
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0