National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44550   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
426
265
250
245
288
Total dwelling units no.
426
308
250
311
358

Value of private sector houses $m
56.4
38.3
40.6
39.7
50.1
Value of new residential building $m
56.4
42.5
40.6
48.1
55.4
Value of total residential building $m
60.8
48.8
46.8
52.0
62.5
Value of total non-residential building $m
9.8
22.9
8.8
27.6
22.3
Value of total building $m
70.6
71.7
55.6
79.6
84.8

Average value of private sector houses $'000
132.4
144.6
162.5
162.1
173.8

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
564
565
572
580
598
Campervans no.
3
2
2
3
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
101
104
105
104
109
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucks no.
13
13
13
13
15
Articulated trucks no.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcycles no.
19
18
20
23
24
Total registered motor vehicles no.
708
711
721
732
757

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
3 670
4 047
4 392
4 539
4 740
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
4 688
4 947
5 252
5 574
5 956
10 years or older no.
10 055
10 078
10 192
10 539
11 337

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
38.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
13.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
8.9
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
60.1
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
33 448.3
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
426.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
211.4
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
38.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
66.9
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
107.4
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
39 183
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
5 314
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
16 014
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

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