National Regional Profile: Midlands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
416
417
482
487
450
Total dwelling units no.
454
459
515
548
519

Value of private sector houses $m
51.5
62.9
75.5
88.3
94.8
Value of new residential building $m
56.7
68.9
82.3
100.5
110.8
Value of total residential building $m
63.0
76.4
94.2
114.7
128.7
Value of total non-residential building $m
20.4
26.8
20.4
21.9
48.1
Value of total building $m
83.4
103.1
114.6
136.6
176.8

Average value of private sector houses $'000
123.9
150.8
156.7
181.4
210.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
513
524
542
562
568
Campervans no.
6
6
6
6
7
Light commercial vehicles no.
264
272
279
284
287
Light rigid trucks no.
9
9
10
11
11
Heavy rigid trucks no.
98
98
97
94
94
Articulated trucks no.
17
17
18
18
19
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
7
6
7
7
7
Buses no.
8
8
8
8
8
Motorcycles no.
33
34
37
42
47
Total registered motor vehicles no.
954
974
1 004
1 032
1 049

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
9 283
9 524
10 733
11 667
12 280
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
11 541
11 856
11 432
11 694
12 092
10 years or older no.
29 957
30 612
31 406
32 260
32 898

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
1 272.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
255.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
144.2
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
1 671.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
7 543 557.2
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
2 784 084.1
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
988.9
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
2 794.8
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
2 804.3
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
365 676.3
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
5 773 127
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
159
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
199 839
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
125 433
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0