National Regional Profile: Yorke and Lower North (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 415   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
328
417
438
423
512
Total dwelling unitsno.
356
443
504
520
537
Value of total residential building$m
35.2
51.2
66.3
72.6
81.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.6
15.2
14.9
11.9
20.7
Value of total building$m
49.8
66.4
81.2
84.5
102.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
674
686
651
632
664
Other vehiclesno.
724
637
788
761
750
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 399
1 322
1 438
1 393
1 416
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
25 383
25 607
25 925
26 265
26 829
Campervansno.
213
211
218
209
216
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 765
8 890
9 126
9 341
9 511
Light rigid trucksno.
159
175
189
177
195
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 841
1 811
1 801
1 741
1 724
Articulated trucksno.
598
568
592
609
593
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
52
42
45
42
40
Busesno.
176
192
191
190
194
Motorcyclesno.
1 562
1 522
1 491
1 579
1 671
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
38 749
39 016
39 575
40 151
40 969
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
570
574
579
581
588
Campervansno.
5
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
197
199
204
207
209
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
41
41
40
39
38
Articulated trucksno.
13
13
13
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
35
34
33
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
869
875
883
888
899
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 235
10 624
9 302
7 996
6 882
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 785
22 221
23 596
25 143
26 629
Dieselno.
5 389
5 832
6 361
6 668
7 101
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
339
338
316
343
359
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 021 672.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
742 571.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
301.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
252.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
258.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
197 929.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 362 390
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4 085
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
44 134
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
62 458
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0