National Regional Profile: Avon (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 52510   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
176
144
220
224
167
Total dwelling units no.
198
174
234
265
197

Value of private sector houses $m
18.0
18.7
32.5
35.6
32.6
Value of new residential building $m
21.0
23.3
34.9
43.4
39.2
Value of total residential building $m
23.7
26.4
40.8
51.3
47.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
9.5
13.6
10.1
6.6
16.4
Value of total building $m
33.2
40.1
50.9
57.9
63.6

Average value of private sector houses $'000
102.4
129.8
147.9
159.0
195.0

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
514
527
547
570
574
Campervans no.
6
6
6
6
7
Light commercial vehicles no.
249
256
263
270
272
Light rigid trucks no.
8
8
9
10
10
Heavy rigid trucks no.
90
89
89
86
85
Articulated trucks no.
14
15
16
16
18
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
6
5
5
6
6
Buses no.
6
7
7
7
7
Motorcycles no.
33
34
37
43
49
Total registered motor vehicles no.
926
947
980
1 015
1 028

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
4 634
4 790
5 439
5 982
6 411
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
5 855
6 048
5 910
6 058
6 188
10 years or older no.
15 570
15 864
16 303
16 794
17 087

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
529.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
81.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
58.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
668.6
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
2 650 044.6
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
1 096 550.3
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
5.9
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
169.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
170.1
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
176 342.3
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
2 536 732
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
139
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
39 124
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
19 709
-
-

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