National Regional Profile: Southern Tablelands (excl. Queanbeyan) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 14510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
492
431
578
441
283
Total dwelling unitsno.
524
493
609
500
372
Value of total residential building$m
76.0
74.2
107.9
95.9
72.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.6
26.6
10.3
42.9
36.0
Value of total building$m
90.7
100.8
118.1
138.8
108.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 224
1 229
1 423
1 216
1 170
Other vehiclesno.
1 076
1 184
1 363
1 440
1 249
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 299
2 412
2 786
2 655
2 421
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 186
32 216
33 269
33 647
34 007
Campervansno.
88
109
114
129
118
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 869
12 361
12 902
13 225
13 491
Light rigid trucksno.
419
457
499
534
552
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 921
1 935
1 981
2 030
2 036
Articulated trucksno.
314
283
304
310
321
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
88
102
76
65
50
Busesno.
257
263
272
274
281
Motorcyclesno.
1 327
1 413
1 509
1 655
1 777
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
47 470
49 138
50 922
51 869
52 636
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
460
471
483
485
484
Campervansno.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
175
181
187
190
192
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
29
29
29
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
22
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
700
719
739
747
749
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 824
8 692
7 596
6 386
5 332
Petrol - Unleadedno.
28 908
31 222
33 453
35 103
36 393
Dieselno.
7 815
8 276
8 923
9 409
9 823
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
927
949
952
971
1 090
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 851 647.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
131 983.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
73.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4 650.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4 676.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
26 529.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 455 648
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 916
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
275 736
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
77 670
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0