National Regional Profile: Meander Valley (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA64210   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
85
101
113
117
71
Total dwelling unitsno.
89
101
113
122
76
Value of total residential building$m
11.0
13.9
19.0
21.4
16.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.1
5.6
4.5
8.3
6.8
Value of total building$m
12.1
19.5
23.5
29.7
23.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
316
273
375
376
370
Other vehiclesno.
223
261
314
375
287
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
541
535
687
750
656
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 702
9 516
9 836
10 095
10 377
Campervansno.
98
110
115
129
132
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 971
3 055
3 149
3 277
3 403
Light rigid trucksno.
91
89
96
92
99
Heavy rigid trucksno.
390
374
370
384
391
Articulated trucksno.
115
103
106
99
95
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
7
7
8
10
Busesno.
108
99
92
96
99
Motorcyclesno.
426
424
454
467
501
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 914
13 777
14 224
14 646
15 107
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
533
518
525
538
548
Campervansno.
5
6
6
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
163
166
168
174
180
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
20
20
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
6
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
23
23
24
25
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
765
751
759
780
798
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 318
3 694
3 280
2 818
2 500
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 701
8 133
8 864
9 528
10 148
Dieselno.
1 746
1 801
1 938
2 141
2 309
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
148
147
142
159
148
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
105 075.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 788.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 835.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
15.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
39.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 557.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
185 570
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
34 411
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
40 536
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 714
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0