National Regional Profile: Marion (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44060   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
374
410
297
269
284
Total dwelling unitsno.
620
630
570
511
592
Value of total residential building$m
70.5
81.1
79.4
80.5
100.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.1
28.3
29.0
14.0
11.9
Value of total building$m
91.6
109.4
108.4
94.5
112.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 820
2 052
2 158
2 165
2 179
Other vehiclesno.
524
638
781
889
799
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 345
2 690
2 939
3 054
2 978
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
44 643
45 174
46 107
46 395
47 257
Campervansno.
216
218
205
189
191
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 581
3 710
3 843
4 005
4 174
Light rigid trucksno.
128
133
145
143
169
Heavy rigid trucksno.
417
412
433
474
488
Articulated trucksno.
57
54
54
51
57
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
19
23
23
28
Busesno.
90
106
110
244
242
Motorcyclesno.
1 190
1 209
1 291
1 417
1 560
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
50 344
51 035
52 211
52 945
54 168
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
561
565
574
575
580
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
45
46
48
50
51
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
16
18
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
633
639
650
656
665
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 858
11 706
9 731
7 941
6 426
Petrol - Unleadedno.
34 831
37 512
40 428
42 578
45 096
Dieselno.
1 293
1 456
1 661
1 970
2 166
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
362
363
394
456
480
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
205.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
787
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0