National Regional Profile: Kingston (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23430   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
884
750
662
400
451
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 109
875
904
610
664
Value of total residential building$m
210.3
192.1
212.8
157.0
160.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
96.7
103.7
94.7
164.4
120.7
Value of total building$m
307.0
295.8
307.5
321.4
281.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 685
3 714
3 714
3 708
3 573
Other vehiclesno.
1 616
1 797
2 110
2 313
2 107
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 300
5 512
5 825
6 020
5 680
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
76 700
78 830
79 935
81 471
82 008
Campervansno.
157
161
152
160
163
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 750
9 020
9 272
9 510
9 827
Light rigid trucksno.
443
454
540
585
640
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 456
1 398
1 377
1 368
1 476
Articulated trucksno.
201
194
176
174
167
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
64
44
46
46
44
Busesno.
340
355
335
336
352
Motorcyclesno.
2 003
2 026
2 121
2 190
2 276
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
90 115
92 481
93 953
95 842
96 952
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
566
577
580
588
586
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
66
67
69
70
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
10
10
10
11
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
15
16
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
665
677
682
691
693
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
16 857
14 306
11 816
9 580
7 775
Petrol - Unleadedno.
64 800
69 649
73 540
77 473
79 878
Dieselno.
3 756
3 910
4 177
4 545
5 084
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 702
4 616
4 420
4 245
4 217
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
846.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
50.1
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
297
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0