National Regional Profile: Litchfield (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA72300   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
107
79
90
99
121
Total dwelling unitsno.
112
86
93
109
122
Value of total residential building$m
17.6
17.6
21.3
25.9
34.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.0
5.7
11.8
12.7
11.7
Value of total building$m
22.7
23.3
33.1
38.6
45.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
327
376
425
403
398
Other vehiclesno.
477
387
457
516
554
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
803
762
881
919
952
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 318
5 698
6 444
6 698
6 987
Campervansno.
22
21
25
27
32
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 772
3 587
4 033
4 307
4 566
Light rigid trucksno.
68
82
88
98
107
Heavy rigid trucksno.
534
543
605
626
670
Articulated trucksno.
154
167
178
206
213
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
49
41
44
47
46
Busesno.
362
327
344
362
296
Motorcyclesno.
313
289
285
353
451
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 593
10 753
12 043
12 721
13 367
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
403
364
407
414
422
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
241
229
255
266
276
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
35
38
39
40
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
11
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
23
21
22
22
18
Motorcyclesno.
20
18
18
22
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
740
688
761
787
808
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 878
1 367
1 314
1 172
916
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 072
5 869
6 755
7 315
7 959
Dieselno.
3 459
3 347
3 798
4 059
4 330
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
185
170
176
175
164
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
196 685.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
9.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
304.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3 261.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 440.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
89.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
21
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 244
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 183
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0