National Regional Profile: Barossa (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 41005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
513
444
493
512
359
Total dwelling unitsno.
519
444
538
710
380
Value of total residential building$m
59.8
57.9
80.3
95.3
65.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
26.4
42.6
37.0
66.2
16.7
Value of total building$m
86.3
100.6
117.3
161.5
82.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
675
748
838
816
903
Other vehiclesno.
487
516
658
687
648
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 162
1 265
1 495
1 503
1 550
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 896
23 767
24 560
25 126
25 820
Campervansno.
131
142
141
137
146
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 739
5 976
6 225
6 421
6 678
Light rigid trucksno.
147
160
164
173
193
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 299
1 302
1 322
1 328
1 324
Articulated trucksno.
304
309
324
351
366
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
26
22
23
25
Busesno.
114
115
113
119
122
Motorcyclesno.
1 195
1 177
1 211
1 257
1 381
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 853
32 973
34 076
34 934
36 051
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
599
603
608
606
608
Campervansno.
3
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
150
152
154
155
157
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
33
33
32
31
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
8
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
31
30
30
30
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
833
836
843
842
848
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 096
9 131
8 055
6 946
6 028
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 645
20 475
22 320
23 963
25 697
Dieselno.
2 741
2 971
3 293
3 614
3 923
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
373
396
408
411
401
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
267 699.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
87 946.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
642.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
540.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
544.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
27 398.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
281 684
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 546
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
20 418
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
106 226
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0