National Regional Profile: Palerang (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16180   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
158
139
145
128
120
Total dwelling unitsno.
160
141
147
133
200
Value of total residential building$m
27.8
30.5
30.8
29.0
39.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.4
1.1
0.3
0.8
4.5
Value of total building$m
28.2
31.6
31.2
29.8
43.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
128
131
159
120
185
Other vehiclesno.
174
168
223
246
230
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
303
300
382
366
415
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 055
5 189
5 275
5 404
5 510
Campervansno.
13
16
12
15
14
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 958
2 014
2 089
2 168
2 201
Light rigid trucksno.
72
75
85
94
106
Heavy rigid trucksno.
298
299
310
321
328
Articulated trucksno.
26
25
25
27
26
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
8
4
7
6
Busesno.
46
46
54
53
50
Motorcyclesno.
225
247
259
277
295
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 698
7 918
8 115
8 365
8 537
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
448
447
441
438
427
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
173
173
175
176
170
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
7
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
26
26
25
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
1
0
Busesno.
4
4
5
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
22
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
682
681
679
678
661
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 676
1 510
1 282
1 091
885
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 550
4 870
5 190
5 516
5 795
Dieselno.
1 223
1 270
1 382
1 472
1 552
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
250
267
261
287
305
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
242 222.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
610.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
57.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
61.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
17.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
210 607
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
17
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
55 221
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
198
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0