National Regional Profile: Lower Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
441
348
464
465
521
Total dwelling unitsno.
488
435
498
585
636
Value of total residential building$m
63.9
61.5
75.2
91.9
125.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
28.4
15.8
44.5
42.6
30.5
Value of total building$m
92.3
77.2
119.7
134.6
156.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
914
969
1 056
1 115
1 091
Other vehiclesno.
1 058
1 141
1 263
1 406
1 406
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 974
2 111
2 319
2 520
2 497
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 868
27 473
28 134
29 047
30 194
Campervansno.
259
290
300
307
308
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 186
11 370
11 569
11 790
12 102
Light rigid trucksno.
240
257
271
288
317
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 664
2 700
2 725
2 716
2 713
Articulated trucksno.
469
440
471
490
503
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
213
222
242
231
240
Busesno.
354
361
367
386
390
Motorcyclesno.
1 832
1 816
1 853
1 933
2 120
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
44 090
44 928
45 940
47 184
48 890
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
498
505
516
527
545
Campervansno.
5
5
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
207
209
212
214
218
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
49
50
50
49
49
Articulated trucksno.
9
8
9
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
34
33
34
35
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
817
826
843
856
882
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 172
9 119
8 025
7 124
6 399
Petrol - Unleadedno.
22 817
24 011
25 323
26 801
28 524
Dieselno.
10 367
11 029
11 802
12 480
13 135
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
735
768
790
778
831
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 691 715.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
601 065.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
304.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
752.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
821.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
180 439.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 522 972
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8 024
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
238 760
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
53 665
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0