National Regional Profile: Mitchell (S) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 240204851   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
47
47
37
31
36
Total dwelling unitsno.
67
56
38
52
123
Value of total residential building$m
11.1
10.9
7.6
11.5
27.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.6
4.2
1.9
13.6
1.8
Value of total building$m
20.7
15.1
9.5
25.1
29.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
226
190
259
240
220
Other vehiclesno.
180
170
207
195
235
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
405
360
466
435
456
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 909
5 897
5 959
6 107
6 049
Campervansno.
26
28
27
27
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 763
1 829
1 874
1 871
1 915
Light rigid trucksno.
48
49
51
57
54
Heavy rigid trucksno.
224
224
217
212
219
Articulated trucksno.
35
36
33
35
36
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
22
18
23
17
16
Busesno.
68
71
71
73
72
Motorcyclesno.
296
280
270
286
303
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 391
8 434
8 526
8 685
8 699
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
521
522
534
550
550
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
156
162
168
169
174
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
19
19
20
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
26
25
24
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
740
747
764
782
791
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 215
1 943
1 692
1 423
1 251
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 656
4 937
5 248
5 614
5 736
Dieselno.
866
929
977
1 041
1 125
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
654
626
609
607
587
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
90 425.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
92.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
26.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
26.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
228 644
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
223
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
24 448
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0