National Regional Profile: Murray (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155155500   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
87
110
88
88
104
Total dwelling unitsno.
130
117
88
95
115
Value of total residential building$m
18.0
20.8
18.2
21.3
22.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.8
6.3
3.6
9.3
13.6
Value of total building$m
22.8
27.1
21.9
30.6
35.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
97
81
104
85
106
Other vehiclesno.
100
91
137
139
121
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
197
172
241
223
226
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 997
2 063
2 216
2 299
2 337
Campervansno.
3
0
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
800
811
827
857
890
Light rigid trucksno.
5
8
9
11
16
Heavy rigid trucksno.
80
75
79
83
86
Articulated trucksno.
45
38
40
36
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
0
0
0
Busesno.
22
22
29
21
27
Motorcyclesno.
55
57
63
70
76
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 005
3 076
3 267
3 381
3 472
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
319
325
346
355
349
Campervansno.
0
0
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
128
128
129
132
133
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
12
12
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
7
6
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
5
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
9
9
10
11
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
480
485
510
522
518
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
499
437
388
346
300
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 880
1 992
2 185
2 332
2 415
Dieselno.
539
560
609
624
671
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
87
87
85
80
86
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
385 665.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
90 156.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
82.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
82.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 601.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
320 251
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 544
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
42 168
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
n.p.
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0